Quotes from James MacArthur

A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs.

As long as I continue to breathe, as long as there's injustice in this world, I will use the voice that God has given me to speak against it.

But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.

I am happy to have now as Danny finally a more difficult role, in which I can shoot and fight.

Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!

But I found out that bones with flesh are more interesting than bones without.

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.

It was an hour of sanity with the good guys winning, a situation where the world was right side up.

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.

It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the good fortune I've had in having a giving and loving family.

And after four years, I thoroughly enjoy Hawaii and the success of the show.

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.

Who knows what kind of life I might have had had I not been fortunate enough to have the parents I've had.

Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.

In the case of Five-O, I believe it was a combination of many ingredients - timing, chemistry, Hawaii.

Actually, if I could find a woman who was that wonderful; that understanding, well, I'd give her everything in the world that was in my power to give. And, I'd love her more than I ever thought it possible to love any woman.

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.

The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location.

You should hear the guy who dubs me in Japan. I like him the most. He has a high squeaky voice.

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.

They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring.

If the woman in my life, the one that I felt I loved enough to want to marry, loved my children, I'd know then that her love for me was deeper than I could hope for.

I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners.

Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.