Gil Gerard Quotes & Sayings

“I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“No, I was talking to the network and Universal about plans for a third season where Buck would go back to Earth and would focus on stories around the planet and show what it was like 500 years later.”

“I brought my personality and sense of wonder and I think they wrote as much of my personality as they could. I do not go around kicking butt and saving the universe all the time but they tried to capture me as best as they could in the character.”

“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.”

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

“I think people connect better with TV. stars over film stars.”

“I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything.”