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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/betty-white-s-sue-ann-nivens-was-classic-she-had-done-so-much-with/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

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## More by Gavin MacLeod

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/that-s-one-of-the-reasons-i-wanted-to-be-an-actor-to-be-like-them-and/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/we-were-making-new-ones-the-second-year-we-were-in-syndication-the/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/i-just-love-the-hours-of-the-theatre-i-love-the-way-it-operates-i/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/i-m-just-there-to-do-interviews-and-stuff-because-we-have-about-40/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [You know, you have to put bread on the table. So you thank God you got the job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/you-know-you-have-to-put-bread-on-the-table-so-you-thank-god-you-got/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [It all depended on the cut. Some of them were really on the ship. Some were really on the set. Like if they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/it-all-depended-on-the-cut-some-of-them-were-really-on-the-ship-some/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [ “Mary \[Tyler Moore\] was absolutely brilliant... She is a fabulous actress. She can do anything.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/mary-tyler-moore-was-absolutely-brilliant-she-is-a-fabulous-actress/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/we-used-two-princess-cruise-ships-the-island-princess-and-the-pacific/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just growing all over the place. Princess Cruises, who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/also-now-as-a-result-of-that-show-being-on-the-cruise-industry-is/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [I haven't killed anyone on television in years and years. Must have been twenty something years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/i-haven-t-killed-anyone-on-television-in-years-and-years-must-have/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [Sometimes you don’t get a second chance. You need to take a chance when you have the opportunity. Always.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/sometimes-you-don-t-get-a-second-chance-you-need-to-take-a-chance/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/there-are-a-lot-of-new-opportunities-that-are-poking-their-head-up-in/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [We went out for six weeks a year. We first started in Mexico and we did that for so many years that we finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/we-went-out-for-six-weeks-a-year-we-first-started-in-mexico-and-we/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/audrey-hepburn-as-famous-as-she-was-packed-her-own-suitcases-i-don-t/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

> [But the character was so successful, that first one, that they wrote him again and he came in right at the end of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-macleod/but-the-character-was-so-successful-that-first-one-that-they-wrote/)

[Gavin MacLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-macleod/)

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