Ted Danson Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
9th February 2016
Quote: "I'm confident that Hillary will make up some ground today, I absolutely am, yeah! I love what she has been doing for the last week. I feel like we are closing and people are beginning to get a real picture of who is the real change-maker." Actor Ted Danson shows he is still backing Democrat hopeful Hillary Clinton as 2016 presidential candidate as voting begins in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday (09Feb16).
7th August 2014
Fact: Cheers star Ted Danson's new movie, The One I Love, was directed by the actor's stepson, Charlie MCDowell.
7th August 2014
Quote: "Mary won an Oscar about the same time Bill Clinton became first-term Governor (of Arkansas) and they became great buddies... He gave her away at our wedding... They really are, like, Mary's best friends for so many years." Actor Ted Danson on his friendship with the former U.S. leader and his wife.
7th August 2014
Quote: "I went to bartender school right beforehand and I got good, I passed, and then I realised after meticulously making these drinks for the first month that they didn't give a damn about the drinks, they wanted the jokes, so from then on I washed shot glasses and cut limes." Ted Danson admits his years as a Tv bar owner in Cheers have not made him a good cocktail creator.
6th August 2014
Fact: Former Cheers star Ted Danson is a co-owner of a bar and restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas owned by his wife Mary Steenburgen's niece. The actor boasts South on Maine is "a raging success".
25th February 2013
Fact: Actor Ted Danson, 65, became a first-time grandfather back in January (13).
9th October 2012
Fact: Actors Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley and Rhea Perlman joined their fellow Cheers castmembers over the weekend (06-07Oct12) to celebrate the hit sitcom's 30th anniversary with a special dinner in Beverly Hills, California. Former co-stars Woody Allen and Kelsey Grammer missed the get together due to work commitments.
29th May 2012
Quote: "There has been talk but I think we're going to hop over that and we're going to do three very old men and a woman going through menopause." Actor Ted Danson jokes about rumours he's reuniting with Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg for another Three Men And A Baby sequel, titled Three Men and a Bride.
5th April 2012
Fact: Former Frasier star Peri Gilpin is to play the wife of Ted Danson's Csi: Crime Scene Investigation character in upcoming episodes of the TV forensics drama.
28th January 2012
Quote: "Rooney Mara has been going out with Mary's son Charlie for the last couple of years and she was nominated the other day for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and she's incredible... It's crazy... She's from the Mara family, who owns the (New York) Giants, so our son is at the Golden Globes, the Oscars, the Super Bowl. We can't even get him on the phone anymore." Ted Danson will be cheering on his stepson Charlie's girlfriend at the Oscars.
11th August 2011
Quote: "It was like sticking my finger in a light socket. It was intensely real... I went back to my hotel and looked in the mirror and went, 'Thank you, body! Thanks for everything you do!'" Ted Danson on attending his first autopsy to prepare for his role in Csi: Crime Scene Investigation.
23rd September 2010
Quote: "You smoke fake marijuana, like ginseng or some other herb that's non-narcotic and chopped up. And I swear to God, you feel totally stoned." Ted Danson enjoys the fake marijuana joints his stoner character puffs away on for U.S. TV comedy BORED TO DEATH.
9th June 2010
Fact: January Jones has signed up as a spokesperson for marine conservation organisation Oceana. The MAD MEN star filmed a public service announcement for the group, which was founded by actor/activist Ted Danson, to promote World Oceans Day on Tuesday (08Jun10).
21st September 2009
Quote: "It's a new rule this summer: he will not come to your house for dinner. (He says), 'That way if I get bored, I can't leave. But in a restaurant I can get up and go whenever I want.' He's bad." Actor Ted Danson on his rude Hollywood pal, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM creator Larry David.
21st September 2009
Quote: "The good thing now is people come up to me and say, 'Hey, aren't you that guy's father on Cheers?'" Veteran actor Ted Danson, 61, admits his greyed hair confuses even his most loyal fans.
20th September 2009
Quote: "He's scary. To go out to dinner with him is like, cross your fingers you're not going to be embarrassed beyond belief." Actor Ted Danson on his pal and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM co-star Larry David.
29th January 2009
Fact: Ted Danson's daughter KATE is to get married in comedienne Ellen Degeneres' former home. The actor and his wife Mary Steenburgen moved into Ellen's old Ojai, California property in 2006.
17th January 2008
Fact: MARY STEENBERGEN bought Ted Danson a G4 electric car for his 60th birthday in December (07). The Cheers star the vehicle to "cruise" around Los Angeles, where the couple live.
16th January 2008
Quote: "We have a seven second delay for you this morning." GOOD MORNING AMERICA TV host Diane Sawyer to guest Ted Danson on Wednesday (16Jan08), a day after actress Diane Keaton let slip the 'F' word on the live morning show.
18th September 2007
Quote: "He would have been much better than Woody." Ted Danson jokes that his current DAMAGES co-star Tate Donovan would have made a better barman than Woody Harrelson on sitcom Cheers, upon hearing the two actors both fought for the role of clueless WOODY BOYD.
7th September 2007
Fact: Hilary Duff's actress sister HAYLIE is dating A Clockwork Orange star Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen's son CHARLIE. The hunky 24-year-old is also former Cheers star Ted Danson's stepson.
7th November 2005
Quote: <p>"We're on tour - we're going to Guam." Former CHEERS star Ted Danson jokes about his family Christmas (05) plans. </p>
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