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Joan Van Ark

"I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing."

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"I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing."

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Donna Grant

"Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices."

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Donna Grant

"When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain."

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Donna Grant

"As a guest who doesn't eat, drink or smoke, you leave much to be desired, but as a writer, you're my girl."

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Donna Grant

"I would say that one of the things that we are proud of is that we are attracting very interesting guest stars. One is Tyne Daly, who has done a wonderful job."

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Donna Grant

"Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table."

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Donna Grant

"It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come."

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Donna Grant

"I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters."

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Donna Grant

"I was on the show previously as a guest host, so I had a little practice."

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Joan Van Ark
"A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon."

Marathon

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Joan Van Ark
"I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated."

Day

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Joan Van Ark
"When you're on a long running series, you reach a very rarefied, high oxygen area and after a while to keep a show on the air they have to make some very drastic changes."

Running

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Joan Van Ark
"I want to play trailer trash; I swear to God."

God

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Joan Van Ark
"I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing."

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Joan Van Ark
"I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are."

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Joan Van Ark
"My brother Mark still lives in the house we grew up in."

Brother

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Joan Van Ark
"When I'm not involved in an acting job I try to run 10 miles a day."

Acting

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Joan Van Ark
"You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7."

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Joan Van Ark
"Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years."

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