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" I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners. "
James MacArthur
Just
Colorado
Missouri
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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
Thanks
Know
Drop
" 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
Age
Some
Though
" And after four years, I thoroughly enjoy Hawaii and the success of the show. "
James MacArthur
Enjoy
Years
Success
" I don't think anyone connected with Five-O believed the show would last as long as it did. "
James MacArthur
Show
Connected
Did
" We were living in a tumultuous time, when the world was upside down. Freeman produced a show that was black and white, the good guys versus the bad guys. "
James MacArthur
Black And White
Bad
World
" I thought even if the show only lasted a year, it would be fun. "
James MacArthur
Only
Show
Thought
" My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books. "
James MacArthur
Going
Books
Hell
" Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness. "
James MacArthur
Merchant
Sadness
Disney
" But I found out that bones with flesh are more interesting than bones without. "
James MacArthur
Out
More
Interesting
" Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show. "
James MacArthur
TV
TV Show
Knows
" The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location. "
James MacArthur
Year
Night
First
" 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
Actor
Really
Many
" 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
Me
Good Luck
Good
" 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
Hawaii
Today
World
" Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me. "
James MacArthur
Electrician
Happy
Me
" You should hear the guy who dubs me in Japan. I like him the most. He has a high squeaky voice. "
James MacArthur
You
High
Him
" In the case of Five-O, I believe it was a combination of many ingredients - timing, chemistry, Hawaii. "
James MacArthur
Timing
Believe
Chemistry
" I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home. "
James MacArthur
Percentage
Give
Home
" But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today. "
James MacArthur
Successful
Acting
Career
" Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you. "
James MacArthur
Just
Hawaii
Hard
" It was an hour of sanity with the good guys winning, a situation where the world was right side up. "
James MacArthur
Good
World
Winning
" And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing. "
James MacArthur
Old-Fashioned
Good
Idea
" My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing. "
James MacArthur
Upbringing
Mother
Normal
" 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
Explain
You
Winner