Larry Hagman

“Anybody can be a villain. It's not that hard. To be a leading man, you have to be beautiful, you have to be charming, you have to be a lot of things. I'm not any of those.”

“It was a masterstroke of my own, to make J.R. a nice guy. I wanted to be the nicest guy in the world, and I was, for a while.”

“I think it's very important to have a good laugh every day. It's one of the best things for you.”

“Once you get a hook into a woman, you don't have to be a rocket scientist. It's about a feeling.”

“I don't mind playing the villain. I'm a good villain.”

“Solar power is going to be absolutely essential to the future of this planet.”

“My mother told me to get a real job. I told her I was going to be an actor.”

“I have a lot of fun. I enjoy my life. I think I'm very lucky.”

“The money is the icing on the cake, but the cake is the work.”

“I don't think I'm a star. I'm an actor. I've been working for 50 years. I've been in a lot of things, and I've been good in some of them.”

“I'm a greedy man. I want to have it all. I want to be the best actor in the world and the best-looking man in the world and the richest man in the world.”

“I came to Hollywood and I was a beautiful young man. I was a little too pretty for some parts.”