Chris Potter Quotes

Directing television is not unlike being a father of four... you get questions all day long, some of them are relevant, some of them are not... you have to keep marching forward.

[On his professional relationship with David Carradine, who played Kwai Chang Caine, from 1972-1997]: It was quite a ride. I phoned him from Calgary two days before he passed -- he was in Bangkok. David was a magnificent eccentric. When he died I mourned him and went to his funeral attended by 500 friends. Three ex-wives were there, grandchildren were there, we all went back to Jane Seymour's Malibu pad to pay our respects. He had hundreds of friends.

But one of the original producers got me on The Young And The Restless for 12 episodes. She told me she wouldn't kill off my character [Ewan Owen] but put me into a coma. So I'm still in that coma, I guess because I never went back!

My secret is I like to work, but I also have to work -- I have four kids.