KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Gil Gerard Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Gil Gerard

Showing 11-20 of 24 Quotes by Gil Gerard

I made the character as much of myself as I could.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Then I got the offer to play Buck Rogers, but I turned it down thinking it was a cartoon character. Well I was wrong, it wasn't at all. So I read the script and decided I liked the character, it had a good concept.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and they'd put the effects on after.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for no apparent reason. Things went very quiet for a time and then a few months later we were called back and told that it was going to be a full season.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It's more fun having him as everyman in the 25th Century. It is better to concentrate on what this planet will be like 500 years from now, and not be dealing with little aliens in space and all that related stuff.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Prior to that I produced a couple of TV movies for CBS, but the truth of the matter is that I burned out for a couple of years. I didn't do anything for a while, apart from taking up golf, for which I got a four handicap.

~Gil Gerard

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: January 23rd, 1943

Links

Find Gil Gerard on Amazon

Related Authors

Jimmy Dean
Johnny Depp
Clint Eastwood
Bruce Lee
Will Rogers
Will Smith
John Wayne
Orson Welles

Popular Authors

Robert Baden-Powell Tom Brady Rodney Dangerfield Albert Einstein Ruth Bader Ginsburg Francois De La Rochefoucauld Serena Williams William Butler Yeats

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1839 - John D. Rockefeller

1621 - Jean De La Fontaine

1836 - Joseph Chamberlain

1867 - Kathe Kollwitz

1868 - Vincent Mcnabb

1892 - Richard Aldington

1893 - Fritz Perls

1898 - Alec Waugh

1906 - Philip Johnson

1907 - George W. Romney

Birthdays on July 8th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Architecture Attitude Birthday Marriage Poetry Relationship Science Teacher