“I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!” YearsMotherYouthSonDaughterPunishment Author:Gil Gerard
“People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on.” PeopleGuyBucksRogerHawksBuck Rogers Author:Gil Gerard
“I have a project at HBO and one at the Family Channel coming that are being looked at. Aside from that I am not doing much more than playing golf and some skiing.” ProjectsGolfSkiingPlaying GolfHbo Author:Gil Gerard
“I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything.” YearsPastTradeOver The Past Author:Gil Gerard
“Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and they'd put the effects on after.” ShowsUsedEffectsFrontsModelsShotsBlueScreensShipsExpensive Author:Gil Gerard
“I think people connect better with TV. stars over film stars.” PeopleThinkingFilmStarsTvsFilm Stars Author:Gil Gerard
“I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it.” WantHappensCasesToo MuchBeatsDisappearSuperstitionsSaying Too Much Author:Gil Gerard
“I liked working with Tom Christopher as he was great as Hawk, and Wilfred Hyde White but I wished it were in a different context as the changes really tuned off the audience.” DifferentWhiteAudienceTomsHawksHyde Author:Gil Gerard
“It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about.” PeopleYearsStillsAudienceYears AgoTouchedVery Positive Author:Gil Gerard
“No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Earth and would focus on stories around the planet and show what it was like 500 years later.” YearsStoriesShowsEarthTalkingFocusPlansPlanetsThirdsSeasonsUniversalBucks Author:Gil Gerard
“Prior to that I produced a couple of TV movies for CBS, but the truth of the matter is that I burned out for a couple of years. I didn't do anything for a while, apart from taking up golf, for which I got a four handicap.” YearsMatterFourTvsCoupleGolfBurnedHandicapsBurned Out Author:Gil Gerard
“Some writers and producers are currently writing a sitcom for me, so we'll see what happens there. I'm somewhat reluctant to talk about some of the upcoming projects that I'm working on; I've a lot of stuff on the go, including five pictures that I'm looking at producing.” WritingHappensStuffFiveProjectsIncludingProducersReluctantSitcom Author:Gil Gerard
“The basic answer is that I wasn't happy or fulfilled by the job I had and I wanted my life to mean something to me, so I searched my life experience and realized that acting and performing were activities that I enjoyed all aspects of.” MeanWantedJobsAnswersActingActivityAspectEnjoyedPerformingLife ExperienceFulfilledActing And Performing Author:Gil Gerard
“Then I got the offer to play Buck Rogers, but I turned it down thinking it was a cartoon character. Well I was wrong, it wasn't at all. So I read the script and decided I liked the character, it had a good concept.” ThinkingWellsPlayCharacterOffersConceptsDecidedScriptsCartoonBucksRogerCartoon CharacterBuck Rogers Author:Gil Gerard
