Gil Gerard

I'd always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood…

— Gil Gerard

I have a project at HBO and one at the Family Channel coming that are being looked at. Aside from that I…

— Gil Gerard

No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Earth…

— Gil Gerard

Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots…

— Gil Gerard

I brought my personality and sense of wonder and I think they wrote as much of my personality as they could. I…

— Gil Gerard

Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job…

— Gil Gerard

I made the character as much of myself as I could.

— Gil Gerard

The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for…

— Gil Gerard

The basic answer is that I wasn't happy or fulfilled by the job I had and I wanted my life to mean…

— Gil Gerard

I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process.

— Gil Gerard

I think people connect better with TV. stars over film stars.

— Gil Gerard

I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!

— Gil Gerard

Then I got the offer to play Buck Rogers, but I turned it down thinking it was a cartoon character. Well I…

— Gil Gerard

I liked working with Tom Christopher as he was great as Hawk, and Wilfred Hyde White but I wished it were in…

— Gil Gerard

Some writers and producers are currently writing a sitcom for me, so we'll see what happens there. I'm somewhat reluctant to talk…

— Gil Gerard

It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched…

— Gil Gerard

I've just got into the convention circuit in the last couple of years and it's great to see all these people who…

— Gil Gerard

Yes, I did some rewrites of the show as some of the stuff was not very good and I worked my butt…

— Gil Gerard

Prior to that I produced a couple of TV movies for CBS, but the truth of the matter is that I burned…

— Gil Gerard

It's more fun having him as everyman in the 25th Century. It is better to concentrate on what this planet will be…

— Gil Gerard

Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them…

— Gil Gerard

People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on.

— Gil Gerard

I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything.

— Gil Gerard

I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone…

— Gil Gerard