Larry Hagman Quotes

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Larry Hagman

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 21, 1931

I was sad to see anybody leave, we had a very nice family on that show. I was very sad to see momma go, Victoria and especially Linda. My god that was my wife on the show, in fact my wife calls her wife.

Larry Hagman

Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world.

Larry Hagman

I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding.

Larry Hagman

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.

Larry Hagman

I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.

Larry Hagman

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

Larry Hagman

I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.

Larry Hagman

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.

Larry Hagman

Don't you find that the more you know, the more you don't know and can't ever learn because there's too much stuff out there?

Larry Hagman

I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.

Larry Hagman

At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.

Larry Hagman

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

Larry Hagman

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

Larry Hagman

But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did, I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god.

Larry Hagman

I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.

Larry Hagman

After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.

Larry Hagman

You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.

Larry Hagman

Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.

Larry Hagman

Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.

Larry Hagman

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

Larry Hagman