Bill Bixby Quotations

I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.

TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.

Parents should watch what their children watch and not use TV as a babysitter. If a show is objectionable they should turn it OFF. They should write the president of the network and tell him they are never going to watch that program again and why.

The male image has been so pulled down by situation comedy in the last 15 years, it is frightening. I don't like what has happened to the American male.

Situation comedies are old-fashioned - they stick to formulas. I resent their music which is old fashioned. I resent the use of a laugh track.

Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'.

First I found [Elvis] to be a gentleman and then a gentle man. I found he could be sensitive to small issues. For someone of his stature there is very little for him to notice, ya know? He's so insulated by the people who surround him and by his own popularity. And yet Elvis will still find little things. He'll take the time to be gentle with people.

Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

Luck has created much of what I have today, but at the same time, I haven't sat still.

So, I work on instinct and start probing with remarks and I have an indication of what the person is like before they even open their mouth.

I would have to agree with the fact that most actors are schizophrenic. They are able to escape in other roles. Of course, many of your own personal manifestations go into that characterization. . . .

I'm a loner as a person, but then I always was, even as a child.

We even went to a class about financial aid at the school, ... We thought, 'Oh, we're going to learn all about financial aid tonight.' We walked away and we didn't know any more than the day we walked into the class.

We got some financial aid the first year, but not what we were qualified for.

Do you realize if one-tenth of one-percent write out of possibly 40 million viewers - 40,000 write - the weight that would carry? Is that too much to ask - that one tenth of one per cent be attentive to what they see? To take control of their own lives? Or do they want to remain children and give that control away?

As a viewer, I want to make the choice as to when to laugh. I don't want to be told. I want to get credit for some kind of intelligence.

I learn about acting by watching real people. If I'm trying to interpret a new character I'll find someone who suits that character and I'll watch him.

I'll say one thing for television. It has taken children and educated them far beyond anything I was ever involved with as a child.

I just don't think he can stay, ... There's just no finances available.

The idea of having pride, the idea of manners, I think is very, very important. There's just too little of it in the world and I think there are certain dignities in life to which we should all aspire.