Christopher Atkins Quotations

I thought that would be kind of cool, to make a bad guy look sympathetic.

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.

I became a very angry person and it was all due to alcoholism.

I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me.

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff.

Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?

I think the United States is way behind the times.

Brooke might tell a different story, but I've always loved the water.

Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.

I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.

I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.

I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.

I've been a scuba diver since I was 16 and I think that was one of the reasons they chose me.

It's only in the United States that they make a big deal about nudity.

Larry Hagman was a huge star, and he was carrying my stuff for me.

One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray.

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not.

You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.

The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feeling to it, so he planted pine trees all over the place!

I kick myself a little bit because I'm always worried. I'm trying to put my insecurities away in the sense of just letting things take their course.

I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before.

I'm a very big believer in fate.

Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half months and you're four and a half hours by boat from the nearest store, and there's nobody but 30 crew members on the island, I guarantee that you'd be running around without your clothes on.

Now I'm growing and I can see my faults. I can look at myself objectively and say I can't blame anyone else; it was my own damn fault.

By pushing or forcing something upon people, you tend to push people further away.

Thank God for machines. They can make a dog sing!

All of a sudden your whole life becomes a public issue. Money, wealth, people, prestige - all of that suddenly comes into play.

I LOVE Australia! Its like my second home.

Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.

As much as I didn't want to change, lifestyles do change.

I'm really a romantic at heart.

Everybody wants to be like everybody else.