James Arness Quotes

As any policeman today will tell you, it`s not the idea of getting the first shot off, it`s hitting your target. Often the first guy that shoots misses.

It was ridiculous that they even went to Wayne. He was the biggest Western movie star of all time, and they must have known he couldn`t take it.

Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who`s low-key but stands for what is right. And he goes about seeing that things turn out that way -- with, of course, a lot of people suffering along the way.

It is a very sad time and a big loss for me personally.

If they were man and wife, it would make a lot of difference. The people upstairs decided it was better to leave the show as it was, which I totally agreed with. - on why his Gunsmoke character, Marshal Dillon, never married Miss Kitty.

I had the pleasure of knowing Ronald Reagan before he became Governor of California. He was a truly great human being and we usually spent our time together reminiscing about mutual friends. He will be missed by all who knew him and by a nation that will mourn with us.

We went right up to the top and stayed there for the first six years when Dennis was on. Those were our highest-rated years. Dennis and I became over the years fast friends and stayed friends through the last 50 years.

I feel I was the luckiest guy in the world to be part of this show,

It is a very sad time and a big loss for me personally. He provided comic relief but was also a real person doing things that were very important to the show.

They sort of made a point of that, which I thought was right,

Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who`s low-key but stands for what is right, ... And he goes about seeing that things turn out that way '” with, of course, a lot of people suffering along the way.