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" I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it. "

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" Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people. "

" If you do your research on hot springs all over the world, they're usually places of peace. People, even in warring nations and so forth, they'll go and live in peace together around the hot springs, which were always considered medicinal. I firmly believe in water therapy. "

" My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car. "

" Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals. "

" I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences. "

" Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone. "

" I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too. "

" I think they could of recast the children, I heard of people wanting to do something like that. That would be a nice little show to do but you know that show was of the 80's, I don't think the audience mind set is in that direction any longer. "

" At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything. "

" Don't you find that the more you know, the more you don't know and can't ever learn because there's too much stuff out there? "

" I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years. "

" I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34. "

" There used to be three networks, and now there are 40 million networks. There's a lot more competition out there, too. We would bring in 27 million people. Now, they're lucky if they have 17. I looked at the ratings, for the first time in 25 years, just to see, and there were 130 shows on. There used to be maybe 30. "

" Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake. "

" I have thousands and thousands of hats. Some are the most outrageous hats in the world. They are my disguise. I hide beneath them. "

" We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur. "

" You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room. "

" It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it? "

" I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing. "

" Well, I motorcycle, I hunt, fish, I do all that. I keep busy. I'm never bored. I've never been bored. "

" I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it! "

" Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time. "

" I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one. "

" I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character. "

" Later on when it became a routine it was not as exciting I'll admit that. The first three years were wonderful, the rest were just money making and having fun. "

" I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it. "

" When we started the show, 'Dallas' was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR's home town. "

" My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj. "

" If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball. "