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Gavin MacLeod, born on February 28, 1931, is an American character actor known for his unique humor and friendly image in television and film.

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“If I can do it, anybody can do it. Willpower is strong! I believe that. You just have to have faith in yourself—and God—and make sure you know where your priorities stand.”

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Book:This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

Source: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

“I think when life gets heavy, people look for an escape. “The Love Boat” is an escape. We have happy endings. You don't see many of those around. I think it gave people a vicarious adventure.”

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Book:This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

Source: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

“Filming “The Love Boat” was exciting, but sometimes it was hard to keep track of where to show up for work. It all depended on the cut. Some of them were really on the ship. Some were really on the set. Like if they had the stars for a week, that was usually on the set, except if we were on location for that particular show.”

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Book:This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

Source: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

“Mary [Tyler Moore] was absolutely brilliant... She is a fabulous actress. She can do anything.”

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Book:This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

Source: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

“I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.”

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“It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.”

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“Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just growing all over the place. Princess Cruises, who I now represent, is the fastest growning cruise line in the world.”

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“I always think that I love doing what I'm doing at the moment. The past is over. I can't go play one of those characters again. But I can play this and I can continue to grow in what I'm doing at the moment and that's really what I'm thinking about now.”

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“I checked myself out in that funeral parlour scene. I saw myself laughing, because there was a shot of Ed and I together and Mary was right in back of us. My head turned from the camera and I saw myself laughing, because Mary was absolutely brilliant in that thing.”

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“I'm just there to do interviews and stuff, because we have about 40 media people there, so it's a very, very busy week. But that's the only time. I did marry, I think on one show, about 25 couples in Acapulco Bay once, but that was all just for kicks.”

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“It all depended on the cut. Some of them were really on the ship. Some were really on the set. Like if they had the stars for a week, the stars coming off, that was usually on the set, except if we were on location for that particular show.”

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“That's one of the reasons I wanted to be an actor, to be like them. And there they were at my table, all talking about how nervous they were, about the lines, and so forth. No matter how big you get, you still have the same kinds of anxieties and so forth.”

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“This is a group playing together and that's the only way, I feel, this play can be successful and moving. I am so lucky to have the people that are in it. When I came here I didn't know who was going to be in the play.”

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“We had to be very careful on our best behaviour when we went to these other countries. And then I made a living, I had a chance to support my wife and my kids. It was a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful program from that point of view.”

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“We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.”

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“Sometimes you don’t get a second chance. You need to take a chance when you have the opportunity. Always.”

Needs Sometimes Opportunity Chance Take A Chance Second Chance

Book:This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

Source: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

“Audrey Hepburn, as famous as she was, packed her own suitcases... I don’t know why that struck me, but it did. 'She has a servant’s heart,' I thought.”

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Book:This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

Source: This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life

“Betty White's Sue Ann Nivens was classic... She had done so much with that man-crazy character! Betty made every moment count. She still does. I've declared her an American treasure, because she is just that.”

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Author:Gavin MacLeod

“Love exciting and new, come aboard, hes expecting you. If you listen to the lyrics its all about Jesus. Its a whole new approach to that song. I do that whenever I get into a group of believers, because it gave me - I said, wow, the Lord didnt tell me about that until how many years we were off the air. And its really about Come aboard, Jesus will take care of you. Theres a new love waiting for you. A love that will never let you down.”

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“You know, you have to put bread on the table. So you thank God you got the job.”

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“I haven't killed anyone on television in years and years. Must have been twenty something years.”

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“We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.”

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“We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all because of that program that people thought was mindless and so forth.”

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“We sat down and read it for the first time and I thanked God under my breath, because they were all so good. And my leading ladies are both exceptional. I mean, everybody in the play. I could just go on all night about them.”

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“Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.”

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“I've played heavies for years and years and years. I was bald. I came to Hollywood. I did a play about junk. I was a pusher, so I played pushers for years and years and years. I did war movies and things like that.”

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“There are a lot of new opportunities that are poking their head up in my future. I've been very fortunate that way, but for right now, what I like is what I'm doing.”

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“It was tough for him in that newsroom with Ted Baxter getting all the glory and this poor guy doing all the work. Murray worried so much he worried his hair off!”

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About the Author

Born: February 28, 1931
Known for: Character actor
Quotes: 28

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