A biography for James MacArthurhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“Who knows what kind of life I might have had had I not been fortunate enough to have the parents I've had.”
“But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.”
“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.”
“But I found out that bones with flesh are more interesting than bones without.”
“Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.”
“I don't think anyone connected with Five-O believed the show would last as long as it did.”
“And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.”
“And after four years, I thoroughly enjoy Hawaii and the success of the show.”
“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 nothing, I've come out pretty well.”
“The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location.”
“Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.”
“I thought even if the show only lasted a year, it would be fun.”
“For years I have played the twenty-something lover.”