A biography for Lorne Greenehasn’t been written yet.
“I played a loving but stern figure of authority and it seems the kids who write me want that kind of a parent instead of one who is a 'pal' to them.”
“Characters make a show.”
“There are many ways in which man thoughtlessly destroys wildlife habitat.”
“People talk about the energy crisis, but the worst future crisis may be in food.”
“It's not an easy job, but the satisfaction an actor feels when he has done a good job and the money make it worth while.”
“I find that the harder I work, the younger I feel.”
“One world government has to happen.”
“Yes, 'Bonanza' has made me very comfortable. I have a big four-level contemporary house in West Los Angeles and a modest summer home in East Marion, LI.”
“We have such a marvelous interplay between Canada and the United States.”
“I lived with my 'Bonanza' family for 14 years. On 'Battlestar,' we jumped right in and got to know each other later. That's just the way television is.”
“I've been interested and concerned with wildlife for a heck of a long time.”
“The world is not the prettiest place in this planetary universe.”
“When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it has some 1,600 lakes.”
“Star Wars' was derivative of 'Buck Rogers' and 'Flash Gordon,' wasn't it?”
“When NBC switched the series in September to Tuesday nights opposite 'Maude' it died. 'Bonanza' had become too familiar with a Sunday audience. Tuesday just wasn't the day for it.”
“I left Canada in 1953 because I could find nothing very satisfying about delivering commercial pitches on camera. I felt the whole atmosphere of TV in Canada was listless.”
“Slavery wasn't something that grew up in the American South. and black people were not the first to be slaves in America. Before them there were 'indentured laborers,' taken out of jails in England and Scotland and so forth and brought to the colonies to work out their terms in the fields and then be set free.”
“In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.”
“Wildlife photography takes a long time because you have to wait for things to happen.”
“Too many creative people never get to see the light of day because shows hang on too long.”