Willie Aames Quotes

You get to a point where you have one of two choices. You either put a gun to your head or you pray.

I didn`t become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to be accepted.

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.

(about his church`s influence on his finally getting clean and sober) When I listened to this guy on the radio, he seemed to understand what was going on with me. So Maylo and I checked this guy out at his church. We sat in the back and had a terrific time. People were warm and friendly. They didn`t seem to mind that I was dressed in leather and that my girlfriend had purple hair. It didn`t matter to them what we looked like or who we were. It only mattered that we were there.

When you`re a celebrity, people think they know you, but they don`t have a clue.

I never thought of myself as handsome.

(2007 interview) Since I was 9, I`d been told what to say, what to think. I plan to spend the second half of my life free. I`ve never been happier.