Willie Aames Quotes

When you’re a celebrity, people think they know you, but they don’t have a clue.

Nobody makes me laugh like my wife.

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 think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent.

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 of myself as handsome.

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

I lived to make Scott Baio laugh.

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 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.

I didn’t become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to be accepted.

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.