Quotes from Lee Majors


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The Six Million Dollar Man was one thing, but I wanted to keep my own parts.


Then I got a bad back injury, and they thought I wasn't going to have any feeling in my legs.


I think I've got one more series in me, and I don't care what it is.


I started out wanting to coach football.


I learn the whole script before I show up.


I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again.


I have twin boys, 12, and a daughter, 17.


I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.


I had no idea how big the show was at the time we were doing it because I was always working.


For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.


But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach.


And about in the late '80s, I got kind of burned out a little bit.


I've never seen a schedule where you just go in two hours almost every day of the week and then all day on one day. Then you shoot it at night with an audience and you're out of there.


I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints.


I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role.


I'm from Middlesboro, Ky., a little town on the Tennessee and Virginia border.


I worked for the recreation and parks department for a year.


I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there.


Doing a series, every week you work with a new star.


My fiancee and I recently eloped. We went on a fabulous honeymoon to Europe, and I was able to see and do everything I wanted without worrying about taking it easy.