James MacArthur

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing. ↗

— James MacArthur

#insisted #mother #normal #upbringing

Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show. ↗

— James MacArthur

#knows #makes #nobody #really #show

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. ↗

— James MacArthur

#course #explain #fails #give #once

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! ↗

— James MacArthur

#completed #episode #five-o #good #had

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

— James MacArthur

#i #modern #part #people #people say

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

— James MacArthur

#allowed #did #even #first #location

They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring. ↗

— James MacArthur

#because #boring #down #droves #get

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness. ↗

— James MacArthur

#merchant #sadness #walt #walt disney

We were living in a tumultuous time, when the world was upside down. Freeman produced a show that was black and white, the good guys versus the bad guys. ↗

— James MacArthur

#bad guys #black #black and white #down #freeman

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. ↗

— James MacArthur

#ago #care #craft #developed #flourished