Ricky Schroder Quotes & Sayings

“I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger.”

“There are going to be peaks and valleys in everything - in your marriage, in your job, in your life. So just enjoy the peaks and ride out the valleys. Just try not to do anything too rash.”

“I think one of the things that saved me is that I never put all my eggs in one basket.”

“I love horror. I love 'The Shining,' 'Friday the 13th,' 'Halloween,' all those kinds of things. I love zombies, especially '28 Days Later' and '28 Weeks Later,' where the zombies are going faster than the George Romero ones. I love being scared; there's something that's awesome about your heart rate going up like that.”

“Westerns are fun. I wish more of them would be made. When you're out there on a set, carrying a gun, riding a horse, you kind of get lost in that make believe world.”

“I didn't grow up around wild horses, no. But I've appreciated their beauty and their power ever since I can remember.”

“I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.”

“I have a career I am proud of as a child actor. I'm not running away from it or embarassed with anything I did.”

“It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful.”

“I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid.”