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"Edgy is a good word, but I like unconventional, because he just doesn? t feel comfortable on land. He? s kind of a fish out of water. When he goes into those corporate situations or with those people, he just doesn? t conform like they? re used to." - Jack on his character Nick Payne (SoapCity.com; March 2003) "If I had to summarize why I came back, it? s because of these words: Brad Bell and Collaboration." - Jack on his return to daytime (Soap Opera Digest; March 8, 2003) |
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"I thought it could be interesting and kind of cool& {Would I} walk the runways? I think I'd be better mopping them up afterwards." - Jack on posing for a celebrity cover of the Saks catalog (Entertainment Weekly, November 10, 1995) |
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"I like the pace. I love the improvisation. I love to work on my feet. A lot of times, the things that you love are also the things that you hate. I mean, it? d be nice to have more time, but doing probably 15-20 movies for television for 10 years or so -- that pace is a grind." (SoapCity.com; March 2003) "The positive part of that is you have a steady job and you really are able to work every day- that's the most rewarding thing to me because I like to work. I couldn't imagine myself doing one picture a year. I've done seven movies-of-the-week, I've done one feature film, and that life is wonderful if you do two or three pictures a year- it's beautiful. But if you don't, you really run into some problems in this business because the insecurity can set in very quickly" ( Soap Opera Update; November 4, 1991) " If you had asked me in drama school if I'd ever do a soap opera, I would have laughed at you. But I'll tell you something: Put the DeNiros, the Oliviers, the Hoffmans, the Streeps on a soap opera for six months. Give 'em about 30 pages to memorize a day and tell me how long their bag of tricks lasts. Let's see how many times DeNiro goes, "Are you talkin' to me?" You can do it in one movie every two years, Bobby, but that ain't gonna fly on a daytime show. People will think you have a speech impediment." (Time Out New York; January 27, 2000) |
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"My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are the two people I can count on no matter what. Of course, the bond between husband and wife is also very strong and important." (Bop, 1986) "{My father} was really a special kind of guy.... He was very outgoing and you always knew he was in the room. I just admired the way he handled himself." (Soap Opera Update, July 13, 1993) "[My parents] weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence. I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theater." (Episodes Magazine, September 1989) "My kids are at a point in their lives where I? m a moral compass for them. God help them both." (Soap Opera Digest; March 8, 2003) |
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"Frank and I didn't exactly lift weights together. He wasn't anywhere near me when my segments were shot, which is just as well because I would've been so nervous that I would have undoubtedly made a fool of myself." Jack on appearing in Sinatra's video "L.A. Is My Lady": (Chicago Tribune; August 22, 1986) |
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"It was a dramatic and heartbreaking story. The kind that makes you bawl your eyes outs. But when it is over, you feel rejuvenated." Jack on "General Hospital? s" pivotal heart transplant story (USA Today; May 16, 1994) "It was a real era of flying by the seat of their tails people having a great time." Jack on GH in the ? 80s (GH 25th Anniversary Special, 1998) "I suppose we do look alike." Jack on fans calling him Frisco ( Chicago Tribune 8/22/86) "This polyester stinky thing with this club and everything...my hair was about down to here. I wouldn't cut my hair so I'd walk around with the police hat with my hair down to here and I looked like the biggest fruitcake in the world." Jack on Frisco's police uniform (Jay Leno, 1996) |
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"Celebrities have picked up golf because we can play it when we're old and out of work." (April 26, 1996; Entertainment Weekly) "Actually, a lot of these guys are soap fans. When I was on Santa Barbara (as Warren Lockridge), Charles (Barkley) played a guardian angel and we became good buddies." - Jack on the CPT (USA Today; May 16, 1994) "I decided that I have much more control over what I do on stage than whether or not my golf ball goes out-of-bounds when it hits a tree." (People; December 11, 1995) "I like beating the jocks. They always push me out of the way. If I'm supposed to hit first, they pull me and say, 'you'll hit third'... It's a good feeling." ( Pittsburgh Tribune Review; June 11, 2002) " I look at [ledaderboards]. It is actually is fun. You know, if we were doing this every week, I don't think I would pay as much attention to leaderboards or cameras, you know, playing with the crowd as much. " (ASAP Sports; July 2002) "I prefer playing with Rick or Danny Quinn or Del Greco, the top five or eight players, because I think you can judge the leaderboards a little better and I think it brings you to a better level." (ASAP Sports; July 2002) |
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"It is not enough, as any realistic actor will tell you, to be good looking, charismatic or talented today. Entertainment is a business and unless the actor can deal with the business side of it, his chances of success can be decidedly lower." (Soap Opera Digest; June 16, 1984) "Rejection is a part of [show] business. You have to have lots of confidence because you are being judged immediately on everything. You're judged on the way you look, your size, and your talent. Sometimes they say, 'you're too tall,' or 'you're not handsome enough.' These are things you can't change! So you have to really believe in yourself and what you have. You have to learn to let rejection roll off your back. If you can't, get out of show business." (Episodes Magazine, September 1989) |
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"Any compliment is difficult to take, usually, although appreciated. One feels a bit uncomfortable. I guess the word ? heart throb? means that girls think you're cute. I assume that's the simple definition. I can only address that by saying, I know my mom always said I was cute, and mom never lied to me, so& " Jack on being a sex symbol (TV Guide Online Chat; December 2000) "I work out a lot and carry quite a few pocket mirrors." (Charles Grodin, 1996) |
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"Heather Locklear goes right for the Doritos and hot dogs and I scavenge around like a damn bird, eating fruits and nuts with no salt." (People; December 11, 1995) "I do watch what I eat because I know once I start working, my talent will take me to the toilet, so I have to look good." (Charles Grodin, 1996) |
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"When I was chief of staff at the hospital, I was 34. I was like, shouldn't I be 64? And didn't I just try to kill Heather [Locklear], and now she's my wife?" Jack on his MP character Peter Burns (Soap Opera Digest; May 24, 1999) "I come home after working with Heather and my eyes are all watered up and bloodshot. My wife thinks I've had an emotional day. The reality is the garlic. Her breath . . . the pores . . . it's oozing out of me" (Tonight Show with Jay Leno; February 1996) |
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"My record label [Warner Brothers] didn't take me seriously. They thought I was just some guy on TV who thought he could sing. They put no money into promoting me. All this taught me a very big lesson. You have to take control of your own destiny and have people behind you who really believe in you& or else you're going to be a flash-in-the-pan." (Episodes Magazine, September 1989) Keep Holding On:" {A song about} coming out of the Midwest and dealing with the world of show business. It is a personal message to my fans to Keep holding to your dreams." (Bop 1985) "I don't have a title for it yet, but maybe I'll call it `I want it all, I've had it all, and I've lost it.' " - Jack on the title of his next album (Chicago Tribune; August 11, 1986) Album Alone in a Crowd: "These songs are talking about real personal personal feelings...When you write love songs, you can always kind of grasp on emotions you felt in previous relationships or current relationships. These things are family. These things are very deep and I've never written anything like that before." (Soap Opera Update, July 13, 1993) "It's hard to break in and pretty much [sustain] a music career when you're an actor. It's a tough business, the music business and I think unless you go all the way, it is tough to do both." (Keenan, 1997) "Beer is wonderful to open your throat up for singing. The problem is you can't go back on-stage. When I was making music, though, I'd always drink a beer before recording. One beer, man, and I'd sing like a bird." (Time Out New York; January 27, 2000) "Neil Young. Steely Dan. James Taylor. Crosby, Stills and Nash. I'm very much into that Midwestern Dan Fogelberg-type stuff. Also, I'm really into the Marshall Tucker Band - Southern rock was my thing." (Time Out New York; January 27, 2000) |
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"Clint was a medical student who hung out in the sack a lot. Actually, he was an undefined character. He was always changing because there wasn't a whole lot of direction." ? Jack on his "New Day in Eden" character Clint Masterson (Soap Opera Digest; June 16, 1984) |
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"I won't show vulnerability a lot. I wish I could be more vulnerable sometimes so that other people would have something to touch there, but if I don't feel comfortable, I won't" ? Jack on what he most disliked about himself (Soap Opera Digest; June 16, 1984) "I rely on my instinctive feelings completely and I follow them and trust them." (BOP; 1984) "For me, in both my personal life and my work, I have to keep things fresh. I don't want to just walk through things." (Soap Opera Weekly, August 1991) |
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"Millions of people read this stuff in the magazines and they believe what you tell them...I've had more things told to me by fans that I didn't know about and just weren't true, It's a shame." (Soap Opera Update July 13, 1993) "It's not about, in our minds, what anybody thinks about us or if we're prima donnas about our personal lives. It's about what we think and what we want about our lives and our privacy." (Soap Opera Update November 29, 1994) |
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"First, learn to be a good listener. So many people start the conversation with 'I' this and 'I" that, and the next person comes along with their "I's" and their stories and nobody listens. But everyone wants to be [heard]." (Parade Magazine; May 27, 1990) "The more you know, the less you know because it's ever-changing." - Jack on women (Soap Opera Update; November 14, 1991) |
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"This is a character that's shown me, 'My god, I can act.' Because sometimes when you play one of those 'heroes' , you play elements of yourself and scenes don't really have any substance to them...I can think as a character, be an actor working on a character, as opposed to just learning lines and thinking of bits to do." - Jack on his SB character Warren Lockridge ( Soap Opera Weekly; August 27, 1991) |
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"I needed to slap myself in the face and know that I'm alive." - Jack on returning to the theater (New York Newsday; January 20, 2000) "This role, the actor who plays the Jekyll/Hyde, is on about 90%, 95% of the 2 hour 25 minute show. I was much more excited about the acting. Really get my teeth into something that's not television oriented where you can really do some stuff." (Rosie O'Donnell Show; February 11, 2000) |
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"The cast, they are so young. Being literally `married' to Heather Locklear two years ago and coming in for my first read-through (here), these two beautiful young girls call me Uncle Jack. Is there a typo there? Do I get my walker now?" - Jack on joining the cast of Titans (AP, October 2003) |