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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!

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

James MacArthur

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!

James MacArthur

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.

James MacArthur

For years I have played the twenty-something lover.

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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.

James MacArthur

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

James MacArthur

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.

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

I got into the acting business very young.

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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.

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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.

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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

James MacArthur

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.

James MacArthur