I'd stop in the middle of a gun fight and sing a song.

The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.

In this business you break a leg and 150 other people are out of work while production is shut down. It's not like you were an accountant and could still work with your leg in a cast.

I'm really proud ofGunsmoke. We put on a good show every week-one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.

I really miss Gunsmoke. It was like losing my whole family.

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra.

Of course, western is my native music.

It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.

It's that enthusiasm, that passion for what you're doing, that is most important.

I never get tired because it ain't energy that's being dispenced. It is GOD speaking through me.

I wouldn't say I'm a mummy's girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy's girl.

The province of the soul is large enough to fill up every cranny of your time, and leave you much to answer for if one wretch be damned by your neglect.

It is good to get an all round experience especially when you have never been on a movie set.

The continual linking of the notions of terrorist and terrorism with Muslims and the Middle East is, essentially, an act of propaganda that cannot help but promote "Islamophobia."

Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.

Intelligence is a measure of how well you function within your level of awareness.