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" I was always really proud of the fact that I had a very positive influence as a role model. "
David Cassidy
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" The difference now is that the paparazzi get paid fortunes. That's what motivates people; it's about the money, sadly, at anyone's expense. "
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" It's always nice to have people love you, but I'd just like to be judged fairly. "
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" I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye. "
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" In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us. "
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" I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and performing. Now, I probably do 30 or 40 dates a year and I get to relive how I felt at 19 when I played in some really bad bands. "
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" It's not that my father didn't love me, it's just that he wasn't capable of consistently being there. His mood swings were gigantic. "
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" When you cut your life into a film - 90-some minutes of film - you end up taking snapshots and vignettes of the highlights of it - marriage, divorce, death, success, fame, loss. The up and the down and the up again. "
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" In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot. "
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" Until I really dealt with a lot of the demons in my life - the fear and self-doubt and unresolved issues with my old man - I could never feel fulfilled and happy. I would wake up in the morning and feel bad. "
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" Most people view success by the results, and I don't. "
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" The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general. "
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" You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear after that. Maybe I've lucked out because I came back and went to work. "
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" Acting was absolutely my first focus. I graduated high school in L.A., and two weeks afterwards, I moved to New York City, and I got a job in a mail room, and I got an agent, doing what actors do, with head shots and all the rest of it. "
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" I hitched up to Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of Love, you know? And I was very much politically aligned with that whole mentality, the whole ideology of that generation, the music, the culture, the behavior. "
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" I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view. "
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" If you put the talent of all my brothers together, they wouldn't add up to the talent that was in my father. "
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" I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did. "
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