Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.
Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.
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.
I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners.
Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.
But I found out that bones with flesh are more interesting than bones without.
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.
And after four years, I thoroughly enjoy Hawaii and the success of the show.
Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.
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.
Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.
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.
My idea of going to hell is going somewhere where there are no books.
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.
And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.
They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring.
The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location.
It was an hour of sanity with the good guys winning, a situation where the world was right side up.
My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.
I don't think anyone connected with Five-O believed the show would last as long as it did.
