Larry Hagman
Larry Hagman
Larry Martin Hagmanwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth21 September 1931
CityFort Worth, TX
CountryUnited States of America
travel kids texas
I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
kale green cucumbers
I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese.
reality thinking news
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.
cancer want receiving
As J.R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new 'Dallas' series.
hype dallas deceptive
I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.
writing differences personality
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.
hard-work rehearsal comedy
Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
beautiful girl real-men
Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world.
years play long
After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.
actors retiring
Actors can't retire. What would they do?
taken years careers
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.
giving-up marijuana years
Marijuana you can give up, I've given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore.
able lucky born
I was born with success. Lucky for me, I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it.
sweet nice taken
Oil rich boys . . . had a nice, sweet smile but when you finished meeting with them your socks were missing and you hadn't even noticed they'd taken your boots.