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Lee Majors
American
Actor
About the author
My fiancee and I recently eloped. We went on a fabulous honeymoon to Europe, and I was able to see and do everything I wanted without worrying about taking it easy.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Europe
I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Thought
#Heaven
I worked for the recreation and parks department for a year.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Recreation
I'm from Middlesboro, Ky., a little town on the Tennessee and Virginia border.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Disappointments
I've never minded my kids watching any of the series I did. That's important to me.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Kids
I've never seen a schedule where you just go in two hours almost every day of the week and then all day on one day. Then you shoot it at night with an audience and you're out of there.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Day
#Night
Knee replacement is serious stuff. And it actually could have made me worse.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
I think I've got one more series in me, and I don't care what it is.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Care
So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Challenge
The Six Million Dollar Man was one thing, but I wanted to keep my own parts.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Man
Then I got a bad back injury, and they thought I wasn't going to have any feeling in my legs.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Feeling
#Thought
#Injury
For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Work
#Years
#Body
It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Time
#Right
#Being
Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Right
#College
#Football
Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Acting
#People
#Business
And about in the late '80s, I got kind of burned out a little bit.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Age
#Body
Doing a series, every week you work with a new star.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Work
I started out wanting to coach football.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Coach
#Football
I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Job
#Coaching
I learn the whole script before I show up.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Children
#Years
I had no idea how big the show was at the time we were doing it because I was always working.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Time
#Idea
I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
I have twin boys, 12, and a daughter, 17.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Daughter
#Boys
I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Work
But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach.
Lee Majors,
American
Actor
#Coach