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" I know how to create and make people feel something. Honestly, if I didn't do this, I would just have some minimum-wage job in New Mexico, and I would go out on the weekends and make just enough money to pay my insurance and pay for a couple beers, and that would be it. "

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

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" I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect. "

" Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean. You absorb what's around you. If you're around people who are supportive and positive, that's how you look at the world. "

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" I really don't go to any parties. "

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" I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I've had this idea of what a father should be, it's exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it. "

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Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Feel

Feel Good

" I'm a full-time dad; I'm a part-time actor. "

" I don't know if acting is genetic. Maybe it's environmental. "

" The Latinos were doing the five-name thing long before celebrities made it cool. We've been doing things like Antonio Ricardo Luis Raoul Hector Rivera for a while now. "

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Doing

Long

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" A car just gets me from A to B. I really don't spend that much time driving. "

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Driving

Time

" I follow my heart in almost every instance, and it gets me in trouble most of the time. But I don't care. I think that's the best way I can live. "

" The first thing I did when my career started moving was to buy a small house. "

" I played Little League. I was a 'pitcher.' But we had a pitching machine, so I was just basically an 'in-infield' shortstop because all I got to do was field bloopers six feet from the plate. I couldn't hit, so that was pretty much my entire job. "

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" When I was in school I read a lot of comic books and pretend I was in them and kids would tease me and call me names. But now I do the same things and people say that I'm artistic and cool and I'm doing the exact same thing I did in high school. "

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

People

High School

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" The '80s were all about 'Saturday Night's Main Event.' "