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" I never rode a motorcycle before 'CHiPs.' "
Erik Estrada
Rode
Before
Never
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" As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed. "
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" Listen, the Latin people, I love the Latin people. They are so loyal to you. Even if you haven't been on TV for thirty years, they still love you. And they cherish you and give you respect. You're not fast food in the Latin market. "
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You
Respect
" I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance. "
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" I like to watch the Fox News Network. I like 'Nightline.' I like to watch 'The Sopranos,' of course. That is one of my favorite shows. 'Entourage' is another one. I like 'The Shield.' "
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Shield
Watch
Fox
" Playing a positive role on a network television show, it was great. I took it as a responsibility. Poncherello was supposed to be Poncherelli, and then when I got this part I said, 'You know what, this guy isn't going to be Italian-American, he's gonna be Hispanic American.' And they went with it. "
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" I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez. "
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Get
Foreign
" My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that. "
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Snow
Change
" This happens to a lot of kids from different backgrounds - they lose a lot of their parents' and grandparents' teachings, language and culture because they have to deal with another language and culture 24/7. By the time I was 44, I was terrible at Spanish. I was always intimidated whenever I had to speak it. "
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Culture
Language
Time
" My new passion is to get Internet education mandated in all schools. We've got to start teaching our kids how to be safe in the 40,000 plus chat rooms that are out there. Because they're being had. These sexual predators groom the kids. I know, I've arrested enough of them. "
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Internet
Passion
" I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate. "
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Chips
Love
Karate
" National Geographic has awesome stuff. I like Court TV. Sometimes I'll watch Reality Mix because they have some interesting stuff on that. "
Erik Estrada
Reality
Awesome
Interesting
" They do the soaps differently in Mexico. You just have to know the storyline and not memorize the lines. There would be someone feeding you lines while you were performing. "
Erik Estrada
Know
Lines
Just
" Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' is a brilliant movie. It's about four hours long, but it's so well done. "
Erik Estrada
Long
Done
America
" I grew up in New York in an English-speaking environment. "
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New York
York
Up
" I wanted to be a New York City cop before I became an actor. "
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Actor
New York
New
" 'Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract. "
Erik Estrada
Opportunity
Good
Top
" Oh my God... I worked with George C. Scott, way before 'Chips,' in 'The New Centurion.' I co-star in that movie. It was great working with him. I worked with Charlton Heston, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum. Stacy Each. The old Hollywood. I met John Wayne, and that was a thrill. I was working next door to him. "
Erik Estrada
Hollywood
Door
God
" It was a hard job, but it was a lot of fun and I'll always be grateful to Ponch. He was a part of me. "
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Fun
Me
Job
" An hour of my time is a tiny price to pay for all the support I've gotten from my fans. "
Erik Estrada
Support
Price
Pay
" I'm a deputy sheriff. "
Erik Estrada
Sheriff
Deputy