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Top 30 Parker Stevenson Quotes (2025 Update)

Parker Stevenson Quote: “I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn’t find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.”

1. “I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn’t find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I’m going to go away on vacation, I’m going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it’s important to sit back and think about what you want.”

2. “I’m going to go away on vacation, I’m going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it’s important to sit back and think about what you want.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

3. “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.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

4. “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.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “What I hear all the time is to stop and listen. When you do a scene 30 times, and know the lines, you stop listening. The point is to listen, that’s the only thing that can make it real.”

5. “What I hear all the time is to stop and listen. When you do a scene 30 times, and know the lines, you stop listening. The point is to listen, that’s the only thing that can make it real.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.”

6. “What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

7. “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.”

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

8. “In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I don’t know if kids still read it, I just know that for me – as a boarding school kid – the book had a lot of resonance. It was a well written book. I was honored to play a part in that movie version.”

9. “I don’t know if kids still read it, I just know that for me – as a boarding school kid – the book had a lot of resonance. It was a well written book. I was honored to play a part in that movie version.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they’re excited about.”

10. “I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they’re excited about.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “My interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture.”

11. “My interest in architecture has always been sculptural. Most of my photography is of architecture.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn’t afford it. It was a jewel.”

12. “I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn’t afford it. It was a jewel.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “If I have a Sunday free, I’ll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.”

13. “If I have a Sunday free, I’ll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “If it seems like you’re doing work when you’re acting, then you’re doing something wrong.”

14. “If it seems like you’re doing work when you’re acting, then you’re doing something wrong.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “Suddenly you’re surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don’t know what they want, and you don’t know what they want, unless it’s an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.”

15. “Suddenly you’re surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don’t know what they want, and you don’t know what they want, unless it’s an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we’d all pull together.”

16. “I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we’d all pull together.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.”

17. “I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

18. “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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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.”

19. “I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I do interviews because it’s a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don’t have any great wisdom.”

20. “I do interviews because it’s a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don’t have any great wisdom.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

21. “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.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “Good work is good work wherever it’s done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.”

22. “Good work is good work wherever it’s done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

23. “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.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the ’40s.”

24. “Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the ’40s.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that’s what I studied in college. That’s what I always wanted to do.”

25. “I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that’s what I studied in college. That’s what I always wanted to do.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I’m more interested in where I’ll be in five or 10 years than where I am now.”

26. “I’m more interested in where I’ll be in five or 10 years than where I am now.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There’s a lot of craziness out there.”

27. “California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There’s a lot of craziness out there.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

28. “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.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

29. “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.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “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.”

30. “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.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.”

31. “I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “In this business, you just never know from day to day. It’s one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I’m going to be doing.”

32. “In this business, you just never know from day to day. It’s one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I’m going to be doing.”

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Parker Stevenson Quote: “I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.”

33. “I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.”

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