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Richard Thomas loved acting in television, despite its reputation
"At this time, a TV series is not harmful," said the actor.
While some of us are obviously dealt a better hand than others, life is only as good as you're willing to make it. With a positive attitude, anything is possible.
With the power of a good perspective, Richard Thomas was able to live the life of his dreams. Best known as John-Boy Walton of The Waltons, Thomas had achieved the dream of stardom at a relatively young age. However, many actors in the industry looked down on television as a medium, thinking of it as the lesser sibling of superior forms of entertainment like film and the stage.
However, Thomas had been exposed to various styles of entertainment and seemed to show no sort of disdain for television that seemed to infect other actors.
"I've made six films and everyone I know came originally from the Broadway stage," said Thomas during an interview with the Patriot-News. "At this time, a TV series is not harmful."
Thomas was able to rationalize his career in television by reasoning that it was still fairly early on in his career. As an actor, he had the world ahead of him.
"I'm using the fact that TV contracts go five years," he said. "If this does, I'll be twenty-six when it's finished. Now the roles I could play between the years of twenty-one and twenty-six are not as important as the roles I could play between twenty-six and thirty."
Thomas felt that he could use a show like The Waltons to better himself, both as a businessman and an actor. "If the series catches on and I can develop an audience and improve my technique, I should be in a financial position and enough of a name to pick and choose the things I want to do," he said.
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