I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.

Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don’t think so. It’s modern. It’s a part of today’s world.

As for the future, I’d love to direct movies – even try my hand at producing. My mother keeps encouraging me to make a career of it.

I had opportunities to be in stage productions during the school year that she wouldn’t let me do, but during the summer she gave her approval.

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

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

I thought even if the show only lasted a year, it would be fun.

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

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

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...

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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...

My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.

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

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

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

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

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.

I don’t think anyone connected with Five-O believed the show would last as long as it did.

Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.

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...

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

I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home.

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.

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

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

I got into the acting business very young.

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!

And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.