Quotes by Ted Danson

About Ted Danson:

Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson III is an American actor, author, and producer, well known for his role as lead character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the sitcom Becker. He is currently starring in the CBS drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as D.B. Russell. He also plays a recurring role on Larry David's HBO sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm, starred alongside Glenn Close in legal drama Damages and was a regular on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death.
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I'm at the right age to work with dead people, but you have to be smart to be a CSI.

Ted Danson

You reach a certain age, and you realize, 'Wow: there are younger people doing this better than I can, and don't leave me out - I don't want to be left behind. I want to do it, too. Where are you going? I want to be part of it.'

Ted Danson

The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.

Ted Danson

Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunity I had with 'Cheers'. I think it's one of the funniest shows ever. They are some of my best friends.

Ted Danson

Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.

Ted Danson

If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies. So what the heck, let's take more rivets out of the airplane, and sooner or later, the airplane drops fr...

Ted Danson

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

I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level.

Ted Danson

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 is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.

Ted Danson

Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.

Ted Danson

I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'

Ted Danson

My joints hurt. I'm slower. But I remember what it was like to run and play with the boys. I want to be one of the boys.

Ted Danson

You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.

Ted Danson

California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world.

Ted Danson

We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.

Ted Danson

One person goes off and works in Houston the other person goes off to London and you're on the phone to each other and somebody is paying you to kiss somebody else. It's very bizarre being an actor.

Ted Danson

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 much more comfortable for me for some reason.

Ted Danson

To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.

Ted Danson

Sharks are in real trouble, and they need all the help they can get.

Ted Danson

Many people continue to think of sharks as man-eating beasts. Sharks are enormously powerful and wild creatures, but you're more likely to be killed by your kitchen toaster than a shark!

Ted Danson

Author Bio

  • NameTed Danson
  • DescriptionAmerican comedian and actor
  • BornDecember 29, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor