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Larry Hagman Biography

Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor, director and producer best known for playing ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing in the 1980s primetime television soap opera Dallas and befuddled astronaut Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson in the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

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It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.

Believe, Cancer, Diet, Turn, Whop, Worry

I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.

Country, Gotten, Morality, Religious, Right, Thinking

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

Assets, Broke, Humble, Think, Thinking

Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world.

Barbara, Beautiful, Girl, Real Men, World

I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas. ' It's pure entertainment.

News, Reality, Think, Thinking, Tvs, Watch

At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.

Largest, Paying, Salary, Television, Years

I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.

Dallas, Deceptive, Hype, Liked

Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.

Comedy, Hard, Hard Work, Rehearsal, Timing, Work

I have thousands and thousands of hats. Some are the most outrageous hats in the world. They are my disguise. I hide beneath them.

Beneath, Disguise, Hats, Outrageous, World

My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj.

America, Career, Maj, Russia, Taken

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

Difference, Differences, Page, Personality, Writing

A lot of times I talk to people, they say they don't trust the doctors, they don't trust the hospitals and that kind of stuff. Well, if you go to the hospital, you've got to trust somebody.

Doctors, Hospitals, People, Somebody, Stuff

After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.

Long, Play, Ten, Years

I often ask people if they would like to give their organs when they pass on, and they say "Well, I'm not so sure, I don't know. " And I said, "Well, would you accept one if you needed one?" "Well, yeah, sure. " And I say "Well, there you go - where do you get them from?".

Accept, Accepting, Giving, Like, Organs, People

You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.

Back, Clothes, Dream, Pick, Weird, Years

We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.

1978, Dallas, Memorable, Moments, Rest

Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.

Book, Fun, Germany, Nice, Six

I drank my liver out.

Drank, Liver

Marijuana you can give up, I've given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.

Giving Up, Marijuana, Occurs, Years

Actors can't retire. What would they do?

Actors, Retire, Retiring

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