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….

I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel.

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,….

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 ….

Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.

Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 an….

If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong..

I'm more interested in where I'll be in five or 10 years than where I am now.

What I hear all the time is to stop and listen. When you do a scene 30 times, and know the lines, you stop listening. The point is to listen, that's ….

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 w….

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….

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..

My interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture.

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.

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 f….

In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple..

I used to a lot. I used to go dancing..

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,….

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 l….

I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I studied in college….