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" Many people continue to think of sharks as man-eating beasts. Sharks are enormously powerful and wild creatures, but you're more likely to be killed by your kitchen toaster than a shark! "

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" I was three. My father in jest said that he'd tell the doctor to give me a shot if I didn't behave. Good heavens, I have a mental picture of the living room and the doctor approaching the door. I was terrified. "

Ted Danson

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" You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever. "

" I'm from L.A. I'm an actor. I'm a flake. "

Ted Danson

Actor

" My joints hurt. I'm slower. But I remember what it was like to run and play with the boys. I want to be one of the boys. "

" When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them. "

" How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question. "

" When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that. "

" I used to have a little silent prayer: 'Dear God, let my ability to get work be the same as my celebrity.' That would be a hard burden: to be a household name and not be able to get work. "

" I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him. "

" My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been together for 19 years. "

" To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child. "

" We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we've been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain't true. "

" My temperament is not the adventuresome sort that enjoys starting new projects every six months. I love ensemble, nine-to-five stability. There's a family dynamic in making a television show that you don't get on a movie, where you're a hired gun for a few months. "

" I first saw the ocean as a kid. We would drive from Arizona in the summer and arrive as the sun was starting to come down over the hill near Laguna in southern California. We would always sing a song, and it was a big joyous family moment when we came over the hill. "

" One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series. "

" The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making. "

" The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable. "

" 'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final audition. That was my first really big one, and we just clicked instantly - I still think I got the part because of Shelley. "

Ted Danson

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" If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche. "

" California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world. "

" Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term. "

" I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh. "

" I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local beach. Twenty-five years later, I'm a board member of Oceana, the world's largest international organization dedicated to ocean conservation. "

" I am a bit of a Pollyanna - I spend most of my day happy. "

Ted Danson

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" We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work. "

" I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it. "

" Most of us can now record a whole series with the click of a button. We all have DVD players, and the rise of the DVD box-set means we watch this stuff in two, three-hour sessions. So there is this real appetite out there for lengthy, pretty intricate drama. All that is great news for writers. "

" Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunity I had with 'Cheers'. I think it's one of the funniest shows ever. They are some of my best friends. "

" Usually if you're the center of a show, part of your job is to host its energy. "

" Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding a serious subject. "