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" I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow. "

Willie Aames

Hollywood

Never

Grow

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" 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. "

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Willie Aames

Way

Always

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

" I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries. "

" Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio - it was embarrassing! I never understood it. I mean, why me? I never really got it. "

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

" When I was growing up, I didn't know there was a world outside of California. "

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World

Growing

" If there's comfort involved, it's probably not for me. "

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Comfort

Involved

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