Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.
And about in the late '80s, I got kind of burned out a little bit.
But I was still hoping to be able to coach and teach.
But those sitcoms - they're stealing money.
But when two people want a career, it's just - it's hard. I probably saw Farrah in one year maybe two weeks out of the year.
Clint Eastwood's a good friend, too - he and I used to play in softball games together.
Doing a series, every week you work with a new star.
Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.
For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.
I also had a wonderful relationship with Paul Newman, and with Steve McQueen. He was one of my all-time favorites, but I never got to work with him.
I did a few more plays, and then I went to L.A., because I knew I could get a coaching job there.
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.
I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children.
I had no idea how big the show was at the time we were doing it because I was always working.
I have a wife now who's been with me for more than 10 years. Her name is Faith, and she's been great - I keep the Faith.
I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.
I have twin boys, 12, and a daughter, 17.
I just turned 66, and I'm starting to work again.
I learn the whole script before I show up.
I mean, I campaigned for Humphrey.
I never thought my wish would come true that I would be able to reclaim the active life I thought I was losing.
I started out wanting to coach football.
I started to slow down. And I couldn't do all the things that I love to do - like play golf two or three times a week.
I think I've got one more series in me, and I don't care what it is.
I think I've known just everybody that's worked in Hollywood. If I didn't work with them, I knew them really well.
I think the business has changed tremendously, as far as I can see, because in the '60s, '70s, 80s, I don't think it was - there was some politicking going on within the industry.
I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry.
I worked for the recreation and parks department for a year.
I'm a very conservative guy, yes.
I'm from Middlesboro, Ky., a little town on the Tennessee and Virginia border.
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.
I've never minded my kids watching any of the series I did. That's important to me.
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.
I've tried to pass that on to other actors - make sure you know your words way ahead of time.
I've worked with some of the best.
It pays, because once you've got the lines in your head, you can concentrate on movement or doing things with your props.
It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.
Knee replacement is serious stuff. And it actually could have made me worse.
Later on, I did some training with a lady there in L.A., and then I went in to get an agent and saw this really good one, Dick Clayton.
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.
So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge.
Some of the stunt guys would come to the park, and I started doing some stuntwork. I kind of got in that way.
The Six Million Dollar Man was one thing, but I wanted to keep my own parts.
Then I got a bad back injury, and they thought I wasn't going to have any feeling in my legs.
Those shows were all action shows. They involved a lot of tough, physical activity.
Lee Majors was offered a tryout with the Saint Louis Cardinal football team, but had to turn it down due to a physical problem and an immediate need to support his first wife and their infant son.
Lee Majors has also appeared in commercials for"IMB ThinkPad Notebook", "Lotto 6/49", "kozomo.com", and "Honda CRV".
Lee Majors was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1977 for Best TV Actor in a Drama for the role of Col. Steve Austin in "The Six Million Dollar Man".
Lee Majors first role in a film was as Frank Harbin in the 1964 film "Straight-Jacket". Majors' character was the husband of Joan Crawford, as psychotic murderess, who beheads him when she catches him with another woman.
Lee Majors' most famous expression in the role of Heath Barkley on the 1960's series "The Big Valley" was "Boy Howdy." This expression became a signature for Majors' character, Heath.
Lee Majors is a member of the Middlesboro High School Sports Hall Of Fame in Middlesboro, Kentucky. Majors played varsity football for the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets during the 1950s.
Lee Majors attended Indiana University on a football scholarship, but was asked to leave following his involvement in a fraternity brawl.
Lee Majors was offered the role of Joe Buck in the 1969 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, "Midnight Cowboy". Majors had to turn the role down due to being contracted to the television series "The Big Valley". The role went to actor Jon Voight and brought him, international acclaim.
Lee Majors took his stage name from his birth middle name "Lee" and the "Majors" from former University of Tennessee head football coach-John Majors.
Currently Lee Majors has three movies in post production: TV: "The Movie" (2006), "Strike the Tent" (2005), & "When I Find the Ocean" (2005). Since they are in post production dates are subject to change.
Lee Majors current wife is Faith Noelle. They were married on November 1, 2002.
Lee Major was married to Farrah Fawcett from July 28, 1973 to February 16, 1982. They were separated in 1979 and finally broke up over issues conflicts surrounding career vs marriage roles. Lee Majors wanted his spouse to be home with him in the evenings. Farrah's show was shooting in the evenings. Farrah had stronger commitments to her show and career.
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