Robert Stack Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

A great chef is an artist that I truly 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.

And when I did the Untouchables, I told them going in, if you try apologizing for any of these crumb bums, get someone else to play the part.

For years people have called it a Heart Line, when you send it out it is received and recepted, on this show, they like it. I think.

I am very pro law enforcement.

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.

I find these shows very touching sometimes.

I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking.

I grew up years ago doing something that unfortunately doesn't hardly exist any more, a medium called Radio.

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.

I never put my arms around John Gotti, Al Capone or Lucky Luciano.

I only wear the trench coat because I desperately want to be Robert Mitchum.

I play bad golf for good charities like the LA Police.

I think the instant communication, which is something to me of an eye opener, is the best possible way to solve crimes and mysteries.

I think voiceover is an adjunct that actors have picked up that have given us some security.

I used to be a photographer, and I know visually how important a background can be.

I wander around and my wife and I are very close, we go out and go to places we discover, we love to eat and drinking doesn't hurt.

I'm very proud this show has been accepted for this length of time.

I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday.

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.

In terms of segments, I think we've done 1,200.

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.

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.

Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business.

No, unfortunately, my darling daughter's marriage didn't work, and I don't have any little weenies around the house.

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.

Our profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list.

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!

Speed was a very important part of my life. Someone once asked me if I ever tried drugs. And I said I didn't need it, I had speed. It's a kick.

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.

The dog has behaved himself quite well all day, and the show is doing fantastically well in the ratings... I have no reason to be sad!

The only one I have I suppose is my little Yorkie and furry friend who greets you at the door with his waggy tail.

These are icons to be treasured.

They have a book of locations, and we would do a story about the Sahara Desert for instance, and in the California book you would find a comparable location, to match that location in California.

This show deals with truth, and if you care at all, and I do care, when you are doing the narration on it, we had parties at one time after the show, and we would get to meet some of these people, and you'd have full realization then that this is for real, not just storytelling.

This show television wise its quite different from motion papers, you get to come into people's homes and become in a sense part of their life.

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.

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.

Well I come from a military family.

Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy.

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.

You go to Lifetimetv.com or unvolved.com and you personally can be an important part of solving cases. This is where the interaction, the symbiotic between the viewer and the show, is important.

You have to love the doing of what you're doing and not wait for the phone to ring.

Trivia

Robert's trade marks were his trench coat, as seen on Unsolved Mysteries, and his gruff voice.