Erik Estrada Quotes


Erik Estrada

It was a hard job, but it was a lot of fun and I`ll always be grateful to Ponch. He was a part of me.

I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we`d do episodes that had karate.

As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it`s not easy trying not to be hot-headed.

I like working with an actor who doesn`t do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance.

In 1994 interview about "CHiPs" (1977): "We never drew guns on our show. Ours was a more informational type of show with a lot of kids in it. It was a totally different show than what they do today."

My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that.

They do the soaps differently in Mexico. You just have to know the storyline and not memorize the lines. There would be someone feeding you lines while you were performing.

I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez.

An hour of my time is a tiny price to pay for all the support I`ve gotten from my fans.