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…

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And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my...

If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my...

Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.

But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the...

But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the...

The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and...

The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and...

Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and...

Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and...

On daytime they continue to revisit a lot of the same stuff while nighttime does...

On daytime they continue to revisit a lot of the same stuff while nighttime does...

It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.

It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.

I really wasn't on the Dallas set much. I did three or four episodes so...

I really wasn't on the Dallas set much. I did three or four episodes so...

One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was...

One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was...

I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the...

I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the...

The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers...

The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers...

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

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

Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.

Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing.

My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.

My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

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

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

I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was...

I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was...

In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.

In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.

I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it...

I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it...