And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine.
Having had that experience... I think, what modern culture wants to see is the relationship with the woman. I don't think you can tell a story on film nowadays where the woman simply is there for the man when he decides to settle down.
I don't feel the obligation to have a big explosion in the first 20 seconds so the audience doesn't turn on another channel. We are trying to make something that looks like a feature film that was bought for television and I think we are succeeding.
I live a pretty simple life.
I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk.
I think a lot of Magnum was me.
I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.
If you buy an expensive thing and you never use it, I don't think there's a point to it.
Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind.
Which to this day is a source of enormous guilt, because I left with three classes to go in the business school to sign a contract with 20th Century Fox.
You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood.
The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character.
I quit 'Magnum' to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that.
I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse.
Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.
I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation.
Television's grown up a lot. It's a little more adult, which I think is a good thing. It allows actors to tell more complex stories. I'm happy to see where it ends up.
I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does.
I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol. Do I think I'm sexy? No, that's someone else's judgment, and I honestly don't think you can try to be sexy and really succeed.
I never try to pander to an audience, and I'm really not concerned with my image. I'm far more interested in stretching my abilities as an actor.
