Jack Lord
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"John Joseph Patrick Ryan", best known by his stage name, "Jack Lord", was an American television, film and Broadway actor. He was known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord appeared in feature films earlier in his career, among them Man of the West (1958). He was the first actor to play the recurring character Felix Leiter in Dr. No (film)/Dr. No, the first James Bond film.

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There is a terrible tendency to conform today. It's choking this country. It's particularly sad because all great men and women have had one quality in common'they have dared to be different, dared to speak their minds, dared to espouse the unpopular cause.

There's really nothing wrong with what I do. I act. I create a character. And I bring an awful lot of people an awful lot of joy.