Robert Stack Quotes


"It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Film, Television, Word)

"Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Business, Lady)

"Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Dance, Selling, Help, Now, Space)

"Our profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Guest, Party, Profession)

"Someone once accused me of being like Eliot Ness. I sad no sir, I'm not E.N., but I can promise you that I'm not Al Capone!"
- Robert Stack
(Related: Being, Promise)

"Yes, and many times it's frustrating, because I'm simply part of the show, and I'm not in the creative end of it, who goes out with detectives and tries to find these things out."
- Robert Stack
(Related: End)

"That's why I never took this business too seriously, thinking I was something special, when I knew the truly great performers in motion pictures. pictures."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Business, Thinking)

"Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Country)

"These are icons to be treasured."
- Robert Stack
"Thru the auspices of the viewers who become - I think this is an import - in a democracy, become a working unit with law enforcement against the criminals."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Democracy, Law)

"We did a show called The Orphan Train, during the depression, when families didn't have enough money to support their children, they'd put them on the train and hope someone would pick them up who had enough money to support their children."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Money, Hope, Children, Depression, Support)

"You have to love the doing of what you're doing and not wait for the phone to ring."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Love)

"In the Belgian air force a general supposedly saw a UFO, tracked it with his plane, photographed it with his wing cameras. And I believe it because I said to myself why would this person, not getting paid for this, do it unless it actually happened or he thought it happened."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Thought, Force)

"I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Cooking, First, France, Language)

"I grew up years ago doing something that unfortunately doesn't hardly exist any more, a medium called Radio."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Years)

"I learned early on, having known the most handsome, successful, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, don't ever spend too much time looking in the mirror."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Time, Successful)

"In terms of segments, I think we've done 1,200."
- Robert Stack
"A great chef is an artist that I truly respect."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Artist, Respect)

"Also the pictures themselves give a visual to the audience tuning in, that makes them a very important part of law enforcement, or pulling families together."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Law)

"I am very pro law enforcement."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Law)

"I find these shows very touching sometimes."
- Robert Stack
"I never put my arms around John Gotti, Al Capone or Lucky Luciano."
- Robert Stack
"I play bad golf for good charities like the LA Police."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Golf, Play, Police)

"I think voiceover is an adjunct that actors have picked up that have given us some security."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Actors, Security)

"I'm very proud this show has been accepted for this length of time."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Time)

"I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Now, Right)

"If you don't love it, you can't suffer thru all the despair that comes with it. Keep doing it because you love it."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Love, Despair)

"I don't mind UFO's and ghost stories, it's just that I tend to give value to the storyteller rather than to the story itself."
- Robert Stack
(Related: Mind, Value)