76 Quotes by Parker Stevenson

During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people’s careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot.

California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There’s a lot of craziness out there.

If it seems like you’re doing work when you’re acting, then you’re doing something wrong.

Good work is good work wherever it’s done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.

I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.

The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You’re so Southern California. It was a surprise to me.

In this business, you just never know from day to day. It’s one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I’m going to be doing.

I do interviews because it’s a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don’t have any great wisdom.

I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn’t afford it. It was a jewel.