Ted Danson ‘Can’t Imagine Retiring’: 5 Interesting Facts About the Beloved ‘Cheers’ Actor

Ted Danson opens up about love, life and his inspiring new Netflix series in these five facts about him.

I Starred on ‘Cheers’

“My mother didn’t like [televisions],” he shares. “They put kind of this beautiful tapestry over the front of it, so when you walked in their house, you didn’t see a TV, you saw this beautiful tapestry with a candle on top, and they would take it off and watch Cheers.”

I’m Passionate About Preserving Our Oceans

Ted is a champion of the charity Oceana. “Our focus is fishing, overfishing, making sure that the fisheries of the world are healthy,” he says. “Because if done right, you could feed a billion people a fish meal every day.”

I Got Marriage Right the 3rd Time

“Mary Steenburgen is, you know, literally heaven-sent,” he says of his actress wife. “We are so blessed. To love somebody and to be loved is just one of those heaven-on-earth miracles, you know? And that came with Mary.”

My New Show ‘A Man on the Outside’ Is About Embracing Life

“This is your life. You get to live right up until you don’t live,” says Ted, who plays a retired professor who goes undercover at a nursing home on A Man on the Inside. “It’s your life. It’s such a gift. Explore it and be excited about it. Yes, it hurts. Yes, it’s sad. Yes, there’s grief. Yes, there’s all of that. But embrace it.”

I’m Still Eager to Work

“I can’t imagine retiring,” says Ted, 76. “I really enjoy what I’m doing. I’m sure there’ll be a time when I should gracefully bow out, but that ain’t now.”