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Parker Stevenson

"I was the last one to screen test for The Hardy Boys. I'd like to play that's not as clean-cut as Frank Hardy. I play him as straight as possible."

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"I was the last one to screen test for The Hardy Boys. I'd like to play that's not as clean-cut as Frank Hardy. I play him as straight as possible."

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Donna Grant

"She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on."

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Donna Grant

"Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle."

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Donna Grant

"The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it."

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Donna Grant

"I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know."

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Donna Grant

"My favorite thing to do is still to go back to Peoria, go to my cabin and hunt with the boys. This is a great lifestyle, don't get me wrong. But fun for me is going back with my buddies I grew up with."

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Donna Grant

"I'm the one who's always kissing all the boys and stuff."

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Donna Grant

"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it."

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Donna Grant

"Well, my favorite roles so far are Lucas and Lost Boys."

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Donna Grant

"Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do."

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Donna Grant

"When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it."

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Parker Stevenson
"The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me."

First

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Parker Stevenson
"You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans."

Home

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Parker Stevenson
"I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam."

Day

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Parker Stevenson
"I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much."

School

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Parker Stevenson
"Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17."

Age

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Parker Stevenson
"If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong."

Work

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Parker Stevenson
"You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day."

Work

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Parker Stevenson
"During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot."

Time

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Parker Stevenson
"The Hardy Boys burned me out. I was recharging my batteries. It was time to return to work, but it was tough because my visibility was low."

Time

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Parker Stevenson
"In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple."

Fight

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