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Parker Stevenson

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Film actor

Parker Stevenson, born on June 4, 1952, is an American film actor known for his versatile performances in various films. He has gained popularity and acclaim for his unique acting style and charm.

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“I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.”

Made Mistake Classic Something Better

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

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

Ifs Seems Acting Like You

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

Guy Fighting Simple Ready Good Guy

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“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 like to know what I'm going to be doing.”

Knows Reason Able Plans Involved Entertainment Day To Day

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“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 hours a day.”

Done Shows Hours Air Television Materials Minimum

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“I don't know if kids still read it, I just know that for me - as a boarding school kid - the book had a lot of resonance. It was a well written book. I was honored to play a part in that movie version.”

Ifs Knows Wells Stills Book Play Kids School Written Versions Honored Resonance Well Written

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“I never thought of myself as being that good looking, I was an actor, people saw me on television, and then they start to think you're good looking because of that presentation. I was no better looking before the show, than after - and before the TV show I couldn't get a date to save my life. So what changed? Did I suddenly become more good looking? No. I got lucky, I got a TV show. That's what happened.”

People Thinking Shows Actors Saws Happened Changed Television Tvs Lucky Tv Shows Looking Good Presentation

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“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 only thing that can make it real.”

Knows Real Lines Listening Scene

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“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 find in Maine.”

Dark Blue Green California Islands Coast Maine Palette Juan Granite Dark Blue

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“You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.”

Home Fans Prepared Response Sunset Collapse Sunrise Rating Sunrise And Sunset Before Sunrise

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“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. That's what I always wanted to do.”

Inspirational Years Wanted School Funny College Couple Architecture Graduates Graduation Graduate School

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“If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.”

Ifs Water Beach Sunday Swim Sail Sailing Coast Scuba

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“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.”

People Sports Travel Excited

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“I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much”

School Known Five New York Wall Surface Enjoyed Comparison Architect Articulation

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

House Architect Jewels Schindler

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“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 and 17”

People Age Young Guy Mature That Guy

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“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 was a surprise to me”

Firsts Two School Young Students Surprise California Southern Preps Southern California Young Students Lifeguard

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

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“I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom”

Sometimes Wisdom Would Be Interest Chance Wonder Interviews Great Wisdom

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“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, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another”

Knows Want Stranger Want U Want Something Autographs Grinning

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“I still think of myself really as a New Yorker”

Thinking Stills New Yorkers

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“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”

Play Lasts Boys Cutting Tests Clean Screens Frank Cleanliness Hardy

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“I'm going to go away on vacation, I'm going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it's important to sit back and think about what you want”

Thinking Want Trying Important Scripts Phones What You Want Get Away Going Away Vacation

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

Interest Photography Architecture

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“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 lot of craziness out there”

Different House Style Color Materials Madness East California Restriction Craziness Different Styles Different Colors Craziness Of Life

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“I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam”

Kind Ends Remember Found Vietnam Daze

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

Would Be Accepted

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“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”

Boys Return Lows Tough Burned Batteries Hardy Visibility Recharging

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“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, looking for osprey”

Children Wanted Water Memories Dad My Dad My Children Strongest Exposure Harbors Ospreys

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“Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials”

Done Play Television Good Work Motion Pictures

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“What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can”

I Can Lines Work Acting Morning Get Up Cinema Mystical Do The Best

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“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 to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot”

People Next Stars Steps Boys Careers Offers Projects Hot Movie Star Saying No Next Steps Hardy

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“I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.”

People Thinking World War Whole Would Be Today Together Situation Reactions War Of The Worlds Patriotism World War Ii World War I Momentum

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About the Author

Born: June 4, 1952
Known for: Film actor
Quotes: 34

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