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" We are too occupied with celebrity. Believe me, it's not what it's cracked to be. "
David Cassidy
Me
Believe
Celebrity
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" It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar. "
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" I had people sleeping in front of my home. I couldn't go anywhere. It confronted me from the moment I woke up. There would be 100 people at the lot where we shot 'The Partridge Family.' "
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" Once they began doing 'Celebrity Apprentice,' apparently the audience wasn't that keen on the ordinary apprentice. That is probably the best indictment with our fascination with celebrity in our culture, which drives me crazy. "
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" I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw some of the great talents of all time in the local area where I lived. "
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" I've had a passion for horses since I was very young - I used to sit on the floor in front of the races on television and pretend to be a jockey - and I first began reading the racing form on the set of 'The Partridge Family.' "
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" I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies. "
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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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" 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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" My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience. "
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" I'm not saying that I won't tour again, but the chances are slim because my priorities are different now. "
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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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New York
Job
" In the '80s, it was difficult and frustrating to appear in the theater and TV again, even though I had some successful shows and hit records. Now, I have to say, the '90s are the best decade of my life. I've done the best work and, in a funny way, I'm enjoying the most success... more than in the '70s. "
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Life
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" When you have had the kind of fame I had, I was always hounded by the media and I lived a very isolated life. Now it's even more difficult. The world has changed dramatically. "
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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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" I gave up my whole life to my career. "
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Whole
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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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" My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life. "
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Better
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" Just do me a favor. Don't call me 'former teen heartthrob,' okay? It's as if they were constantly discussing your second year of college. I'm not back there anymore. I'm living in the present. "
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" It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone? "
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" I found myself very lost after 'The Partridge Family,' and I lost my dad and I lost my manager, and I lived in a bubble, and it took me 15 years to get through that and a lot of psychotherapy, and I'm laughing about it now! "
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" I wouldn't want to play anything bigger than 10,000 again. I think it's too much, and you lose touch. "
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" My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me. "
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Me
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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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" I didn't end up some sad, tragic guy singing in a lounge somewhere. I never went out and took big money for nostalgia and became like an oldies act. "
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" The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general. "
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" Just getting your name in the papers and having people talk about you is not always a good thing. "
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" Going through 'The Partridge Family,' I looked up to people like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and all those guys. But as an actor playing a part, I had to sing what was right for the character and the show. "
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