Quotes by Larry Hagman

There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.

When we started the show, ‘Dallas’ was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR’s home town.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.

It’s my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I’ve given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don’t worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.

I’d like to play Matt Damon’s daddy. He’s a wonderful actor, I really admire him, and I’d like to play his dad one day.

My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician’s car.

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn’t on the page, then it really won’t make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.

Dallas’ hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.