33 Quotes by Ted Shackelford

The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.

Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.

Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.

What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.

The reason that people say one line at junkets is that they've heard the same question 37 times. You get bored out of your mind.

I was in a Paris for four or five days and I couldn't believe the reaction I got there. It was just bizarre; people recognizing me left and right.

I remember the actor Dale Robertson said he quit acting when he got tired of having to hold his stomach in. I feel that way sometimes.

I can’t really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the first time I was on television was doing Daytime for Another World, which I started in December ’75 and went until December ’76.

Theater to me is acting but it’s more real on film.