Tom Bosley Quotes (12 Quotes)

You have to understand that during the course of our show, we were a family for five hours a day, five days a week, maybe four days a week. And we experienced the same things that we experienced in our own family.

There's no regard for human life at all. Our younger generation just has no regard.

So we had life, death, illness, everything - every emotional involvement we had, we experienced. And I think that made what we had to do on stage, stronger. We got very much involved in what we were doing.

Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives.

Happy Days was about a family... although the show was shot in the 70s, it was about a family in the 50s. I realized that kids were watching their parents grow up and the parents were watching themselves grow up. That was the key to the success of our show.

I want to help people with depression understand that there is hope, so that they can get the help they need to live rich, fulfilling lives.

Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not.

The individual that did this has to answer to someone much higher than me.

Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business.

I'm angry, but at the same time, I miss my son. Whether they catch the gentlemen or don't catch him, that doesn't matter to me at this point. It's not going to bring my son back, but I'm just thankful that God gave him to me for 18 years. I just wish it would have been a little longer.

My wife says that my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Mr.C, who used to be Mr.B.' So I think that's probably what I'll be remembered for.

I changed my mind because of a scene between Howard Cunningham and Richie. The father-son situation was written so movingly, I fell in love with the project.