Quotes from Lorne Greene

A diversity of interests keep me very much alive.

Learn about life and when fate takes you by the hand, go. Do it. Dare to do.

I am a man who likes work. It's not a matter of financial security.

My wife, Nancy, and I like to meet new people, renew old friendships and accept new challenges. At home we like to have small dinner parties. Sundays we have buffet brunches.

That's the joy of acting, to bring something to it. That's what makes acting exciting. Just saying lines is not terribly exciting.

I make the 'New Wilderness' for the drama. I want people to sit on the edge of their chairs. I want them to laugh, smile, cry.

Wildlife photography takes a long time because you have to wait for things to happen.

I've been interested and concerned with wildlife for a heck of a long time.

When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it has some 1,600 lakes.

There are many ways in which man thoughtlessly destroys wildlife habitat.

I'm vice chairman of the American Wild Horse Protection Association and honorary chairman of the Wildlife Federation.

I wanted to do a wildlife series. I kept remembering those days in Algonquin Park, drifting along in the bottom of a canoe, and I wanted to transfer that feeling to the viewers.

I felt that after 14 years we deserved more than just a day and a half's notice. There wasn't even a chance to wind up 'Bonanza' in a blaze of glory.

For 14 years I had that run in Canada as a newscaster. When I decided to quit in 1953 I was making more money than the prime minister. Then I was a freelance actor for six years in Canada, the U.S., and England. Then 'Bonanza' came along and I had another 14 year run.

Getting old doesn't frighten me. But I've got to take care of myself.

In 'Galactica' I play a good guy again. But the truth of the matter is that I enjoy playing heavies more.

It's not an easy job, but the satisfaction an actor feels when he has done a good job and the money make it worth while.

When my father and I were off in the woods or off fishing, we were communicating all the time. We didn't catch many fish and my father was a pretty good fisherman but he just like to take one or two fish and then we would make camp and broil those fish and eat them.

I received a considerable personal response to my part in 'Roots.'

Every once in a while I get a fan letter from someone about thinking he or she saw me in an episode of an old western or police series. The writers are probably right.

I've never gotten into a heated argument with people. Heat diffuses reason.

In one part of my mind, I regret that there were 15 years spent not acting. But in the other part of my mind, I have no regrets. If I had been acting, I wouldn't have been able to do so many of the things I have done.

I never had even been on a horse and I thought guns were for the police until 'Bonanza' came along.

I think the hearing loss started with 'Bonanza.' Sometimes the director would put us in a box canyon and have us fire our guns. The sound would really reverberate in a box canyon. It took me a long time to realize what was coming on me.