In the case of Five-O, I believe it was a combination of many ingredients - timing, chemistry, Hawaii.

I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners.

Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.

Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.

Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!

Beating the drums for Hawaii is not hard to do... the place just grows on you.

The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location.

I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home.

I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors.

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

for what is religion if not a kind of madness, and what is madness without a touch of religion?

In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.

And this is the marvel of marvels; that he called me Beloved.

I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.

You make due with the time you have here. Hopefully when you pass on, somebody can look back and say, 'Wow, they made a difference in some kind of way.'

I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.

[D]oes the real world have any more substance than visions and hallucinations when we're having them? At any given moment, what's happening in our minds is all and everything that happens.

Too often, we don't give people the opportunity to fill in the blanks.

Our enemies are our outward consciences.