Bill Mumy Quotes (24 Quotes)

It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

Well, I just finished starring in a new episode of the new The Twilight Zone television series.

I haven't been doin' much comic book writing for the last several years though, as I've been writing television projects and a novel.

I have about 50 guitars around the house. I can't take more than a few steps without finding one to pick up.

Before Lost in Space my family and I and my agent we had stayed away from television series, because my career was going so great.

I really think the acoustics that Gibson's been making for the last ten years or so are as good as any the company has ever produced and that's saying a lot.

Anyway, in the mid 80's I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30's and 40's and I was making personal appearances at a lot of sci fi and comic book conventions all around the country here so that I could find books for my collection.

Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series.

I started writing songs when I was 11, and I started playing in bands when I was 14 and learned the rest from jamming with other players.

From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice.

It was folk music that hooked me. I was really into the Kingston Trio, although at that time they were nearing the end of their run.

I was doing Babylon 5 season two and I was in all 22 episodes of that.

Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?

I'm narrating the television series Biography. I'm still involved in my music - I have a new album out. I have an animated project in development. I'm writing a lot of things and you never know if one of them is going to become a six or seven year project.

And of course, I absolutely loved making Lost in Space as a kid.

Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me.

I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.

I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.

My plans for the future are to pick my kids up from school and have fun with my family. I hope work continues to come to me in many different arenas.

I'm also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now.

I would be making music writing and playing songs regardless of any professionalism or financial rewards. I can't stop making music. Music makes me.

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.

Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It's one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it.