Larry Hagman

“You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.”

“Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.”

“Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.”

“There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.”

“I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now.”

“When we started the show, 'Dallas' was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR's home town.”

“If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball.”

“Actors can't retire. What would they do?”

“I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.”

“I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding.”

“'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.”

“I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.”

“I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.”

“My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj.”