Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Ian Ziering

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Ian Ziering.
Last updated on November 10, 2024.
Ian Ziering

Ian Andrew Ziering is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Steve Sanders on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210, which he played from 1990 to 2000. He is also the voice of Vinnie on Biker Mice from Mars. From 2013 to 2018, he starred as Fin Shepard in the Sharknado film series. In 2019, he played the DC Comics character Blue Devil on the series Swamp Thing.

Bo Derek was wonderful to work with.
I love coming to Las Vegas. I've always loved it and always had a good time.
When I met my wife, I was forty-six, and it was love at first sight. Every day, my love grew deeper as I found out about her family values, that her parents were still together, that she wanted kids. So we fell in love, got engaged, got married, and a month later, we were pregnant!
I'm a dad, and that's a job you can't fail at. — © Ian Ziering
I'm a dad, and that's a job you can't fail at.
I've always been a fan of Fran Drescher!
Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.
The opening scene from 'Sharknado' I think was better than the original 'Jaws' movie. It was scarier, it was bloodier, and it had more high-anxiety moments than the original 'Jaws' movie. And that movie kept me out of the ocean for a summer.
I don't get claustrophobic.
When I got the call from Chippendales, my jaw dropped, as it came on the heels of TMZ calling me fat on national TV. I am passionate about health and fitness, so I've kept in shape, and dancing is something I've always enjoyed, so I figured, why not?
I have a lot of irons in the fire.
When I read the script for '90210,' I thought, 'Boy, this is very superficial,' and it was. I mean, the pilot was all about the glitz and the glamour of Beverly Hills, the obnoxious kids, and the fish-out-of-water story of Brenda and Brandon Walsh. I couldn't discern from that first script that the show would become very issue-oriented.
Being married, I've got so many things to do that I am the last to do things for myself. Taking care of my body has been difficult, but I am doing the best that I can.
We barely had cell phones on '90210.' It started in the '90s. That's pretty much when fax machines came into play. When I first got the script for '90210' I had to come into New York to get it. It was not emailed to me; there was no email.
I can't walk down the street anywhere in the world without being stopped. It can be an interruption, but on the whole, it's flattering.
As an actor, you know that every act has a closing curtain.
I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies. — © Ian Ziering
I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
Everyone wanted to be eaten. It seems like it's a badge of honor to have that on your IMDb account when it says, 'Man No. 2 eaten in 'Sharknado.'
I feel blessed: having a family is something that I've always wanted. Having a second child is the realization of a dream come true.
Failure is not an option. So, we're committed to the success of not just our relationship but to raising two amazing girls... It's dedication. We've anchored ourselves to a foundation of accountability, and we've set out to be successful at this, so we're going to do it.
I'm a real lucky guy. I've got a fantastic woman; she's a fantastic mom and an ideal partner. She understands what I do, and she's OK with it, and I couldn't be more in love.
At my pregnant wife's behest, I took the job for the paycheck and the health insurance, and it turned into 'Sharknado.' I couldn't have played this better if I'd wanted to. It's really captured the imagination of sci-fi fans.
I've managed to catch lightning in a bottle a couple times. I'm very lucky. But I want to do this forever. I enjoy it so much. One of the challenges as an actor is to stay relevant.
You have to be careful of social climbers. There are a lot of potholes out there.
I believe the digital world presents tremendous opportunities for the producers who understand it, and I am launching a digital production company, iMan Productions, to take advantage of this opportunity.
My most famous commercial was for Fruit Of the Loom underwear. I took a lot of razzing from my classmates.
Leg day is my favorite day. You can't have a thorough leg workout without feeling completely spent. It's a challenge, but the benefits of maintain muscle mass on my legs is important because, as the biggest muscle group in the body, it also helps me keep the proper body composition in terms of fat to muscle ratio.
David Hasselhoff is awesome.
I like the fact that I'm involved in a career that gives me so many different mediums to perform in.
I'm a student of the movies. I'm a student of all media. This is what I do, and I like to immerse myself in what's current and what's topical. And I find that I'm drawn to those things.
As a father and a provider, no stone goes unturned.
There are so many people that say they are actors and they don't spend for 5 minutes a day working on their craft. You need to train and need to take classes to keep your tools sharp. I'm always in class, whether it's theater or drama workshops.
I'm tanned from head to toe, and it looks like I've been in The Bahamas.
Being married, I don't know how to describe it. It's very comfortable when you find the right person. It all comes together beautifully.
More people than not have seen me on television in swim shorts, so I don't have any problem stripping down.
I think my perspective on my age is really irrelevant.
I don't want to make any mistakes. My parents have been married for 40 years. I want to stay married.
For me, to get to play an action hero in a science fiction film is a marriage of two genres that I'm a huge fan of.
I was 28 years old playing a 16-year-old. I just kept my mouth shut. I never talked about it.
I never envisioned that I would be able to bring something to the entertainment table that would fit Las Vegas. Vegas is so presentational; it's live theater and, for me, it's always been film or television, which isn't why people come to Las Vegas. So it's exciting to be apart of all of this, the thrust of the entertainment of Vegas.
In this business, it's important: if you consider yourself a journeyman actor like I do, you need to stay topical. So I'm always looking for projects that are challenging, that put me in a light that's different from anything I've ever done before.
I treat auditions as if they are gold. I try to make every one count. — © Ian Ziering
I treat auditions as if they are gold. I try to make every one count.
There was such mass appeal for 'Sharknado.' It went over so well - not just here in the United States but globally - that it would be such a missed opportunity and a ripoff for the fans not to bring 'Sharknado' back.
The weirdest request I got was for a picture of me naked with nothing on but my cowboy boots. Needless to say, she went home empty-handed. I have, however, on several occasions, strolled around my apartment in nothing but my cowboy boots. There was just no one there to take pictures.
Some of my earliest memories are dancing in the kitchen, standing on my mom's toes.
It's intimidating when you have to stand onstage amongst a bunch of men who are dedicated to maintaining peak musculature and athleticism, and they're six-five, 240 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal. It's a lot to stand up to... My goal is to not look like Chris Farley.
I get fan letters written in everything from crayons to lipstick.
When I was a kid, it was always very embarrassing for me if I wet the bed - I was 5 years old. I didn't want my parents or my brothers to find out because they'd bust my chops to no end.
In the entertainment industry, there remains one constant: change.
As an actor, I get my insurance from the Screen Actor's Guild by union, and you have to make so much every year to get that type 1 insurance.
I like action-adventure movies.
Being a dad is the best role I've ever played, with all due respect to Steve Sanders. It really is the best thing ever. — © Ian Ziering
Being a dad is the best role I've ever played, with all due respect to Steve Sanders. It really is the best thing ever.
I look at myself more as really an entertainer. Yes, I act, but there are other things that I can do.
I always wanted to do action-adventure, and science fiction genres were always something that were of great interest to me.
I'm doing what every guy in America has secretly fantasized - being a Chippendales dancer and having women throw themselves at you.
I have two children of my own; I can't imagine anything more horrific than to have a child suffering with EB.
To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.
People have always told me I look young for my age... and I think it's because I've always taken care of myself.
Dancing isn't easy, and to just jump into three to four hours of rehearsals a day is a lot.
Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it's up to somebody else.
I'm always looking for additional revenue streams.
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