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" 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. "
Ted Danson
Great
Work
Well
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" I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water. "
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Want
Book
Writing
" Sharks are in real trouble, and they need all the help they can get. "
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" 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. "
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Sun
Song
Ocean
" The industrial way we fish for seafood is harming the marine habitats that all ocean life depends upon. Indiscriminate commercial fishing practices that include miles of driftnets, long lines with thousands of lethal hooks and bottom trawls are ruining ocean ecosystems by killing non-seafood species, including sea turtles and marine mammals. "
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" The pressure isn't on my brain, but on my mouth. I realized Sam Malone said very little, he spoke in little sentences. Which is much more comfortable for me for some reason. "
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" My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next. "
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Goes
Day
Embarrassing
" My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work. "
Ted Danson
Father
Job
Work
" To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you. "
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Way
You
Real
" If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies. So what the heck, let's take more rivets out of the airplane, and sooner or later, the airplane drops from the sky. "
Ted Danson
Flying
Sky
Airplane
" You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid. "
Ted Danson
Then
Right
Stupid
" My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example. "
Ted Danson
Father
Come
Example
" My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine. "
Ted Danson
You
Habit
I Am
" Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified. "
Ted Danson
Impact
Recycling
Talking
" We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group. "
Ted Danson
Victory
Environmental
Responsibility
" 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. "
Ted Danson
Become
Try
Stay
" I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you. "
Ted Danson
Vacation
Know
I Am
" Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story. "
Ted Danson
Look
Easy
Looking
" I am a bit of a Pollyanna - I spend most of my day happy. "
Ted Danson
Happy
Am
Spend
" Usually if you're the center of a show, part of your job is to host its energy. "
Ted Danson
Center
Energy
Job
" 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
Picture
Good
Me
" I'm from L.A. I'm an actor. I'm a flake. "
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" My job playing Sam Malone was to let the audience in, to love my bar full of people. And that informed my life. "
Ted Danson
Job
Life
Love
" I'm almost tempted, when I'm playing a real person, not to meet them. Afterwards, maybe. But, the job is the same. You still have to show up on screen and be alive and real and all that stuff. "
Ted Danson
You
Alive
Job
" You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy. "
Ted Danson
Energy
Lot
Lose
" 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. "
Ted Danson
Evolution
Nature
Believe
" I am so grateful that I accepted the offer to do 'CSI,' but it was like being shot out of a cannon, and it was so different from anything that I have ever done. "
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Done
Grateful
I Am
" I think there are probably a handful of real character actors in this business. The rest of us are recycling. So now I'm Sam Malone the editor. I'm Sam Malone the billionaire. "
Ted Danson
Character
Think
Rest
" We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state all get together to promote the recycling of used motor oil. "
Ted Danson
Organization
Environmental
Together
" One of the hardest things for me to do is watch myself. The first time I see it, I am obsessed with my left ear or my right ear or some other physical attribute, or the fact that I'm 60 or whatever shallow ego thought is running through my head. I'm just destroyed that I'm not Cary Grant or whatever. "
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Me
Myself
Thought
" Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding a serious subject. "
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Humor
People
Serious