[When he entered Hollywood High School at the time his gym teacher recommended him for his modeling job]: I made 25 bucks an hour! That's why I quit school. I was making more money than the teachers. I never finished the ninth grade.

Trivia:

Even though his Cherokee Productions was the production company, or even part owner, of many of his movies and television series (in the case of The Rockford Files (1974), Cherokee owned 37.5% of the series), between 1965-81 more often than not, he chose not to be listed in the on-screen credits as a producer. So he was an "uncredited" producer of one kind or another on literally dozens of ...