Words matter. These are the best Parker Stevenson Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If it seems like you’re doing work when you’re acting, then you’re doing something wrong.
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.
I was the last one to screen test for The Hardy Boys. I’d like to play that’s not as clean-cut as Frank Hardy. I play him as straight as possible.
I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much.
You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day.
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.
I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they’re excited about.
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.
In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn’t afford it. It was a jewel.
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.
You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you’re aware of the ratings, you aren’t prepared for the response of the fans.
I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.
The Hardy Boys burned me out. I was recharging my batteries. It was time to return to work, but it was tough because my visibility was low.
Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the ’40s.
My interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture.
I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn’t find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
Suddenly you’re surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don’t know what they want, and you don’t know what they want, unless it’s an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.
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.
What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.
I’m more interested in where I’ll be in five or 10 years than where I am now.
