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I mean, I campaigned for Humphrey.
It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.
I've worked with some of the best.
For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.
I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children.
The Six Million Dollar Man was one thing, but I wanted to keep my own parts.
Diane Ladd did a wonderful job, and Amy Redford, Richard Tyson and George Lindsey are terrific.
Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.
I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry.
I was younger and a little more agile than Peter Breck, and Richard Long didn't like horses. So I'd put my foot in the stirrup, but I'd look and make sure they were both swinging up before I'd swing up - because once you swing on a horse, it wants to go.
I'm a very conservative guy, yes.
I've never seen a schedule where you just go in two hours almost every day of the week and then all day on one day. Then you shoot it at night with an audience and you're out of there.
I think I've known just everybody that's worked in Hollywood. If I didn't work with them, I knew them really well.
Those shows were all action shows. They involved a lot of tough, physical activity.
But when two people want a career, it's just - it's hard. I probably saw Farrah in one year maybe two weeks out of the year.
Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.
Later on, I did some training with a lady there in L.A., and then I went in to get an agent and saw this really good one, Dick Clayton.
Then I got a bad back injury, and they thought I wasn't going to have any feeling in my legs.
I started out wanting to coach football.
I worked for the recreation and parks department for a year.
I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again.
I learn the whole script before I show up.
It pays, because once you've got the lines in your head, you can concentrate on movement or doing things with your props.
And about in the late '80s, I got kind of burned out a little bit.
I have a wife now who's been with me for more than 10 years. Her name is Faith, and she's been great - I keep the Faith
So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge.
I had no idea how big the show was at the time we were doing it because I was always working.
I think the business has changed tremendously, as far as I can see, because in the '60s, '70s, 80s, I don't think it was - there was some politicking going on within the industry.
I also had a wonderful relationship with Paul Newman, and with Steve McQueen. He was one of my all-time favorites, but I never got to work with him.
I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints.
I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there.
Doing a series, every week you work with a new star.
Some of the stunt guys would come to the park, and I started doing some stuntwork. I kind of got in that way.
But those sitcoms - they're stealing money.
My fiancee and I recently eloped. We went on a fabulous honeymoon to Europe, and I was able to see and do everything I wanted without worrying about taking it easy.
I have twin boys, 12, and a daughter, 17.
I think I've got one more series in me, and I don't care what it is.
But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach.
I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.
Knee replacement is serious stuff. And it actually could have made me worse.
I never thought my wish would come true that I would be able to reclaim the active life I thought I was losing.
I'm from Middlesboro, Ky., a little town on the Tennessee and Virginia border.
I've tried to pass that on to other actors - make sure you know your words way ahead of time.
I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role.
I started to slow down. And I couldn't do all the things that I love to do - like play golf two or three times a week.
My wife and I have tried to do it all, from the Helen Keller home to the W.C. Handy museum and the music hall of fame. We hit antique stores and pawnshops and all the restaurants.
Clint Eastwood's a good friend, too - he and I used to play in softball games together.
I've never minded my kids watching any of the series I did. That's important to me.
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