David Soul

Quote: A job is a very healthy thing to do. [David Soul]

Quote: At only 20 years old I got married. I was still a kid myself, but in those times, if you got someone pregnant, you had no choice but to get married. So I left school and the only thing I could do was sing. [David Soul]

Quote: Being on the move all the time is draining, but the rewards make up for it. [David Soul]

Quote: I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children. [David Soul]

Quote: I like to eat and I love the diversity of foods. [David Soul]

Quote: I see my kids more often than ever, the six of them. The problems that used to be there, between myself and the first wives are gone. And what's happened over these years is that we've become friends. What a concept you know, become friends first, then get married. They all get on with each other too. [David Soul]

Quote: I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained. [David Soul]

Quote: I was born into a family of preachers. [David Soul]

Quote: I was never jailed. The fact is that I was arrested, but I went into a diversion programme, and by that time I'd already begun working in what was called anger management. It was a painful and awful moment. [David Soul]

Quote: I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive. [David Soul]

Quote: I went to Mexico to study social and political history during that really charged period in Mexican history in the early sixties, that I found my path in a way. It was a time when students wanted to take control of their own country, not just in Mexico but also in Europe and the United States. [David Soul]

Quote: I'm still close friends with Starsky, Paul Michael Glaser... Once, Paul and I had to re-shoot one scene 67 times because we kept looking at each other and laughing whenever the camera was switched on. It happens on stage sometimes, but luckily the audience are very forgiving! [David Soul]

Quote: I've got beautiful baby skin. [David Soul]

Quote: If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist. [David Soul]

Quote: It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century. [David Soul]

Quote: It's only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body. [David Soul]

Quote: Music always came first. I never set out to be an actor. [David Soul]

Quote: My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher. [David Soul]

Quote: Nobody teaches you to be a father. Nobody teaches you to be a husband. Nobody teaches you how to be a star. You have to learn to work with the tools. [David Soul]

Quote: Oh I smoke, as many as I can. It's one of those deadly things I still enjoy doing. [David Soul]

Quote: Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK. [David Soul]

Quote: One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre. [David Soul]

Quote: One of the things that set Starsky and Hutch apart from other shows was that we grew up with a generation, in a much simpler time, a time when there were fewer channels and the family would gather round and watch a particular show together. [David Soul]

Quote: Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did. [David Soul]

Quote: People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education. [David Soul]

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