James MacArthur Quotes

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Frankly - and believe me, I say this without any pretense - when I see the road I've taken, I have to say that thanks to good luck, because without good luck one can do nothing, I've come out pretty well.

James MacArthur

Believe, Taken, Good Luck

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In the case of Five-O, I believe it was a combination of many ingredients - timing, chemistry, Hawaii.

James MacArthur

Believe, Hawaii, Ingredients

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As long as I continue to breathe, as long as there's injustice in this world, I will use the voice that God has given me to speak against it.

James MacArthur

Voice, Long, Use

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My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

James MacArthur

Mother, Normal, Upbringing

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I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.

James MacArthur

Risk, Growth, Age

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A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs.

James MacArthur

Men, Needs, Dependent

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I thought even if the show only lasted a year, it would be fun.

James MacArthur

Fun, Years, Would Be

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When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors.

James MacArthur

Years, Actors, Crafts

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Who knows what kind of life I might have had had I not been fortunate enough to have the parents I've had.

James MacArthur

Parent, Might, Kind

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They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring.

James MacArthur

Beach, Hands, Tree

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The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location.

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Night, Years, Shooting

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I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home.

James MacArthur

Home, Giving, Earning

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I got into the acting business very young.

James MacArthur

Acting, Young

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It was an hour of sanity with the good guys winning, a situation where the world was right side up.

James MacArthur

Winning, Guy, World

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Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.

James MacArthur

Thinking, People, Hawaii

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I don't think anyone connected with Five-O believed the show would last as long as it did.

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Thinking, Long, Lasts

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Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.

James MacArthur

Memories, Happy Memories, Electrician

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For years I have played the twenty-something lover.

James MacArthur

Years, Twenties, Twenty Somethings

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My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.

James MacArthur

Book, Ideas, Hell

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You know, as I do, actors who, having become worldwide celebrities thanks to a TV series, complain of their lot and declare themselves ready to drop it all.

James MacArthur

Complaining, Actors, Tvs

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If the woman in my life, the one that I felt I loved enough to want to marry, loved my children, I'd know then that her love for me was deeper than I could hope for.

James MacArthur

Children, Want, Marry Me

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Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.

James MacArthur

Hawaii, Grows, Hard

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But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

James MacArthur

Successful, Careers, Acting

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Once you're a winner, you can give all sorts of reasons why you're a winner. Of course, you could all those same reasons to explain why a show fails.

James MacArthur

Giving, Reason Why, Winner

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Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!

James MacArthur

Years, Hawaii, Six

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Born: December 8, 1937
Died: October 28, 2010
Occupation: Actor
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