A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy Davis, Jr. - I spent a lot of time with Sammy. I was over at his house almost every night. Those people were very special and very special for me.
Back in the Rat Pack days, we'd take Frank's plane and sit dead center, because of Nancy. We'd watch the Rat Pack in the center ring and you couldn't ask for a better thing.
Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things.
Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.
That era was very special, so to be part of it and to have lived it... people look at me and say, "You're the luckiest guy in the world." And I just have to say, "I know."
Darren is the father of CNN anchorman Jim Moret.
James Darren was a student of the acting Stella Adler.
About his role as Vic Fontaine on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "I turned that down three times...I didn't want to play a singer, which I felt was too on the nose. But once I read it, I fell in love with it."
Student of acting coach Stella Adler.
Godfather to A.J. Lambert, who is the daughter of Nancy Sinatra, and granddaughter of Frank Sinatra. Darren was a close friend of Sinatra and his family.
Father of CNN anchorman Jim Moret.
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