Michael Landon Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.

Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.

Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe.

I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love.

I believe that there is God in all of us.

I didn't have the right look. Back then actors were big, muscular, terrific! And I was still 125 pounds and the five foot eleven I'd always be.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

I don't mind dying if I have to, but I'm damned if I want to pay for the guarantee. I'm sorry.

I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension.

I felt that I was more grown up than my father, because I felt that my father had allowed his false pride to get in the way.

I hated the thought of being injected with deadly chemicals and having no control over my life. I decided to stop chemotherapy.

I love my work. I've had three successful series, and I want to find out if I can make a fourth.

I made people reach into their lives and look for a higher power, God or even themselves to solve their problems.

I think all of us create our own miracles.

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.

I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.

I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone.

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!

I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success.

If I'm gonna die, Death's gonna have to do a lot of fighting to get me. I'm not gonna just lie down and let it happen.

Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years.

Life has been good to me. It's not like I missed an awful lot. I had a pretty good lick here. Every moment gets a little more important.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.

Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not.

The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.

This is every actor's dream, seeing yourself on television from morning to night!

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

Trivia

Over 500 people attended Michael's funeral, including President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan.

Michael's son, Michael Landon, Jr., has become an accomplished movie producer.

Michael was inducted posthumously into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Michael has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 N. Vine Street.

Michael married Dodie Frasier on March 11, 1956, but divorced her in December of 1962.

Michael's father was Eli Maurice Orowitz.

Michael was taught karate by Chuck Norris.

His last appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson got the highest ratings for the show.

Michael Landon was nominated for a Golden Globe Award (USA) for Best TV Actor – Drama in Little House on the Prairie in 1979.