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" I get fan letters written in everything from crayons to lipstick. "
Ian Ziering
Everything
Lipstick
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" We have so many foreign fans, I think we should take the movie to them. I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great, instead of demolishing a city, if we, through a 'Sharknado,' could rebuild it? Wouldn't it be fantastic if we went to Italy and a 'Sharknado' straightened the Tower of Pisa?' "
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" In this business, it's important: if you consider yourself a journeyman actor like I do, you need to stay topical. So I'm always looking for projects that are challenging, that put me in a light that's different from anything I've ever done before. "
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" I am an actor, but my most important job is provider of my family. "
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" I'm a student of the movies. I'm a student of all media. This is what I do, and I like to immerse myself in what's current and what's topical. And I find that I'm drawn to those things. "
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Myself
Movies
Media
" The weirdest request I got was for a picture of me naked with nothing on but my cowboy boots. Needless to say, she went home empty-handed. I have, however, on several occasions, strolled around my apartment in nothing but my cowboy boots. There was just no one there to take pictures. "
Ian Ziering
Home
Picture
Pictures
" I think this show can have legs for a long time. That's why it's called 'Beverly Hills 90210' instead of something like 'West Beverly High.' "
Ian Ziering
Legs
Why
Time
" When I was a kid, it was always very embarrassing for me if I wet the bed - I was 5 years old. I didn't want my parents or my brothers to find out because they'd bust my chops to no end. "
Ian Ziering
Bed
Find
Want
" When I read the script for '90210,' I thought, 'Boy, this is very superficial,' and it was. I mean, the pilot was all about the glitz and the glamour of Beverly Hills, the obnoxious kids, and the fish-out-of-water story of Brenda and Brandon Walsh. I couldn't discern from that first script that the show would become very issue-oriented. "
Ian Ziering
Pilot
Boy
Become
" Everyone wanted to be eaten. It seems like it's a badge of honor to have that on your IMDb account when it says, 'Man No. 2 eaten in 'Sharknado.' "
Ian Ziering
Badge
Your
Everyone
" I've managed to catch lightning in a bottle a couple times. I'm very lucky. But I want to do this forever. I enjoy it so much. One of the challenges as an actor is to stay relevant. "
Ian Ziering
Enjoy
Lightning
Lucky
" I love coming to Las Vegas. I've always loved it and always had a good time. "
Ian Ziering
Loved
Time
Vegas
" Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it's up to somebody else. "
Ian Ziering
Best
Control
Great
" People spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make movies that don't do anything. I mean, no one's talking about 'Pacific Rim' today. No one's talking about 'The Lone Ranger,' and those were $100 million movies that didn't have nearly the impact that 'Sharknado' did. "
Ian Ziering
Talking
People
Today
" There was such mass appeal for 'Sharknado.' It went over so well - not just here in the United States but globally - that it would be such a missed opportunity and a ripoff for the fans not to bring 'Sharknado' back. "
Ian Ziering
Missed
Over
Opportunity
" We're very sure to stay in character, to experience the Sharknado as though it was real. That's what acting is. "
Ian Ziering
Character
Real
Acting
" I'm always looking for additional revenue streams. "
Ian Ziering
Looking
Always
Streams
" I think my perspective on my age is really irrelevant. "
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Irrelevant
Perspective
Think
" Anything I can do to raise awareness and money for charity, I like to do. "
Ian Ziering
Money
Charity
Awareness
" I just try to do the best job I can with what I'm given. My main focus is the work and not the glamour. "
Ian Ziering
Best
Focus
Work
" When I read the scene where I'm actually chainsawing my way out of the belly of a shark, how could a guy turn that down when that's in the job description? "
Ian Ziering
Shark
Job
Guy
" When I met my wife, I was forty-six, and it was love at first sight. Every day, my love grew deeper as I found out about her family values, that her parents were still together, that she wanted kids. So we fell in love, got engaged, got married, and a month later, we were pregnant! "
Ian Ziering
Family
Love
Parents
" As an actor, I get my insurance from the Screen Actor's Guild by union, and you have to make so much every year to get that type 1 insurance. "
Ian Ziering
Union
Insurance
Actor
" As a father and a provider, no stone goes unturned. "
Ian Ziering
Stone
Father
Goes
" My mom was always so supportive; she enabled me to pursue my dreams. I danced on Broadway as a kid, and she would never miss a show. "
Ian Ziering
She
Always
Dreams
" I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies. "
Ian Ziering
Modeling
Theatre
Then
" I like the fact that I'm involved in a career that gives me so many different mediums to perform in. "
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Involved
Like
Career
" I can't walk down the street anywhere in the world without being stopped. It can be an interruption, but on the whole, it's flattering. "
Ian Ziering
Walk
Down
Street
" In the entertainment industry, there remains one constant: change. "
Ian Ziering
Change
Entertainment
Industry
" More people than not have seen me on television in swim shorts, so I don't have any problem stripping down. "
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Me
Television
Problem
" I can't tell you the deluge of images that were sent to me through all the different social media platforms of families partying together... enjoying 'Sharknado.' "
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Media
Me
You