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" In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years. "
Ted Shackelford
Years
Been
Here
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" I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it for the process. "
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" Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film. "
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" The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do. "
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" Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them. "
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" What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people. "
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" Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now. "
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Used
" I have no interest in writing, directing or producing. "
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" Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me. "
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" If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would. "
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" I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree. "
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Degree
College
Back
" The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money. "
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Why
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Politics
" But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth. "
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Dropped
Earth
Face
" It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week. "
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Good
Back
" Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing. "
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Knots
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" And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor. "
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You
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" I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the first time I was on television was doing Daytime for Another World, which I started in December '75 and went until December '76. "
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Television
World
Time
" On daytime they continue to revisit a lot of the same stuff while nighttime does move on and show development. "
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Show
Development
Move
" I have German Shepherds that I train and have brought back to Germany. I love going there. "
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Germany
Train
Love
" I really wasn't on the Dallas set much. I did three or four episodes so I didn't see too much. "
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Three
Much
Four