Willie Aames Quotes

This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient. We produce programs that honor God and impact our world. I started running away when I was five years old. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized what I really wanted was somebody to come after me when I was running away. I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong. I didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing. Nobody makes me laugh like my wife. 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. I lived to make Scott Baio laugh. I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't. I never thought of myself as handsome. I think that in the Christian community, we're lacking a lot of things, and I don't know that it's just children's role models. Hollywood has always been good to me. I've never blamed Hollywood for my problems. 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 always felt as though, 'If nothing else, I have a successful marriage.' 'Give up... it's time to quit,' I don't think I've ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary. When somebody comes to your front door, and they're screaming obscenities at you and telling you to come outside, and you've had your life threatened several times, you take it pretty seriously. It's the reason I have a Rottweiler. 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. No matter how I might feel about myself or my self-image, there is still a part of me that wants to fight to the end. I wanted to leave Eight Is Enough for the Navy. When youre in that scene, you really wonder if this is all youre ever going to be. You know how vile and filthy you are inside. I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor, It's good that kids know the Scripture. It's best that they know the Scripture and get the concept. All I can say is, it's working. 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. If I'm going to follow a god, why would I want to follow a god of my creation? That would be an alcoholic idiot nitwit jerk god! If there's comfort involved, it's probably not for me. My wife bought an extra life insurance policy on me. I had a lot of growing and a lot of denying of self to do. I am not easily won over, but when I am, I am completely won over. I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent. When you're a celebrity, people think they know you, but they don't have a clue. We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment.