Top 67 Quotes & Sayings by Willie Aames
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Willie Aames.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
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 spent six years in Bible study because I needed to get grounded. People really need to spend time in the Bible getting to know the God they claim to love.
We're seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids.
We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment.
It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.
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.
They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food.
There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don't deserve that kind of grace. I don't deserve that break.
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.
There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife.
I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.
We produce programs that honor God and impact our world.
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 I was growing up, I didn't know there was a world outside of California.
I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor.
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 lived to make Scott Baio laugh.
I think there are people that have very addictive personalities.
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.
This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient.
My wife bought an extra life insurance policy on me.
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.
I have a strong work ethic.
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 never thought of myself as handsome.
God continues to work miracles in my life.
This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly.
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 remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ.
I never learned to study in studio school, so I had to teach myself to study.
I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you.
I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow.
Nobody makes me laugh like my wife.
If there's comfort involved, it's probably not for me.
My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.
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.
When you're a celebrity, people think they know you, but they don't have a clue.
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 always felt as though, 'If nothing else, I have a successful marriage.'
I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.
Hollywood has always been good to me. I've never blamed Hollywood for my problems.
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.
'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.
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 tell kids that people will let them down and people will hurt them. But Jesus Christ will never let them down and never hurt them.
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 suppose what's unique about our presentation is the amount of Scripture that kids get.
Everything can change. You can always have hope.
Since I was 9, I'd been told what to say, what to think.
We've been called, and He has blessed.
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.
Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.
Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse.
I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries.
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.
God gives me the children's ministry heart and patience. This is what He wants. It's awesome. I don't know where He's gonna take it - but God is building this thing.
This is an exact replica of my chest.
I wanted to leave 'Eight Is Enough' for the Navy.
I get scared to death when I see people who say they've found Jesus Christ, and they're out there, and I wonder, who's teaching them? Who's mentoring them?
I think as Christians we have to sponsor a national Lighten-Up Day.
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