I got my first television at Stanford when I was 20, and I used to watch 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. He… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
I'm almost tempted, when I'm playing a real person, not to meet them. Afterwards, maybe. But, the job is the same. You… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that. — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final audition. That was my… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child. — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it. — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making. — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
Centuries-old habitats such as coral gardens are destroyed in an instant by bottom trawls, pulverized by weighted nets into barren plains. And global carbon… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
The pressure isn't on my brain, but on my mouth. I realized Sam Malone said very little, he spoke in little sentences. Which is… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming because of pollution at our local beach. Twenty-five… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic arc that… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that you can't just beat people up anymore; you have to work hand in hand and find ways to compromise,… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
I was at our beautiful home in Martha's Vineyard, near Boston, sitting on the porch looking at the ocean when I got a phone… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid. — Ted Danson Copy Share Image