Quotes from Willie Aames

I didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing.

It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.

We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment.

Cruise director is - I always laugh and say, 'He's the ship's liver,' because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point.

There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife.

I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ.

When you go through a traumatic event, there's a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of loss of self-esteem. That can become debilitating.

My wife bought an extra life insurance policy on me.

There's a tendency for people to think that celebrities do whatever they want, spend whatever they want, and it's completely out of control. While some of that may be true, I've never met a celebrity who threw caution to the wind and thought they could do anything. That's not the thought process.

'Give up... it's time to quit,' I don't think I've ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary.

I got married at a very young age, and of course, for all the wrong reasons, and ended up divorced and lost everything. It was a very difficult time in my life.

I never thought of myself as handsome.

We're seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids.

When you're in that scene, you really wonder if this is all you're ever going to be. You know how vile and filthy you are inside.

I have a strong work ethic.

When somebody comes to your front door, and they're screaming obscenities at you and telling you to come outside, and you've had your life threatened several times, you take it pretty seriously. It's the reason I have a Rottweiler.

I started running away when I was five years old. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized what I really wanted was somebody to come after me when I was running away.

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.

This is an exact replica of my chest.

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.

I spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.

I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception.

I tell kids that people will let them down and people will hurt them. But Jesus Christ will never let them down and never hurt them.