Willie Aames Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When you're in that scene, you really wonder if this is all you're ever going to be. You know how vile and filthy you are inside.”

“I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ.”

“I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.”

“I've watched a lot of my friends die, everyone from John Belushi, River Phoenix to Chris Farley. It just keeps going on and on.”

“I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception.”

“When you go through a traumatic event, there's a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of loss of self-esteem. That can become debilitating.”

“Cruise director is - I always laugh and say, 'He's the ship's liver,' because almost everything you can think of filters through you at some point.”

“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.”

“I got married at a very young age, and of course, for all the wrong reasons, and ended up divorced and lost everything. It was a very difficult time in my life.”

“There's a tendency for people to think that celebrities do whatever they want, spend whatever they want, and it's completely out of control. While some of that may be true, I've never met a celebrity who threw caution to the wind and thought they could do anything. That's not the thought process.”