A biography for Fred MacMurrayhasn’t been written yet.
“I was born in Illinois, but I call Beaver Dam my home town. That's where I graduated from high school and started what I thought was going to be a musical career.”
“I just don't want to work as hard as you have to for a TV series.”
“June cooks, I cook and we have a girl who comes in to clean three days a week. We like that way of living. I suppose a lot of people think we can afford more, but we like it simple.”
“I like to hunt and fish, read and paint and play golf. And I can have a good time doing nothing. And, of course: be with my family.”
“There's a lack of tremendous pressure in the Disney studios. It's a pleasant place to be.”
“I like hills and trees.”
“I don't want to do little theater or go on the road with a show.”
“Any woman can make herself beautiful. I see 'em do it every day in the studio... with make-up and hair styles and curves added, that is. Science can do anything.”
“I nrver make the front pages or the gossip columns.”
“I was fishing with director Frank Capra once and we talked about retirement.”
“Look, I don't do anything that these glamour guys do. The front pages never heard of me.”
“We have a jam session at home every so often. That's one reason I bought a house with lots of ground around it the neighbors can't hear us play!”
“I never went to acting school; when someone expounds on motivation and all that stuff, I don't understand it. I was just lucky to be able to do what I did. When I started, people said I was very natural, which I guess is difficult for a lot of people to be.”
“Seriously, I do not think that a marriage can be successful in which either the husband or the wife is far more intelligent than the other.”
“It's certain I never was meant to be an actor.”
“A beautiful woman is the best investment in marriage a man can make. And anybody who advises otherwise is talking sheer nonsense.”
“Cooking is our hobby. We find recipes we like and then try to turn them into good meals. Most of the time our experimenting turns out pretty well. But sometimes we create lousy dinners.”
“I've had offers to do series on both radio and TV, but it s so much work and I'm lazy. I'd rather go fishing.”
“I walk all over Los Angeles and people seldom recognize me.”
“I don't night-club, don't get into fights or scandals, don't own a yacht, don't play the horses, don't wear plaid overcoats, don't go to Hollywood parties, don't own a motorcycle, don't run back and forth to New York, don't go in for politics.”