Freddie Prinze, Jr. Quotes

I'm a full-time dad; I'm a part-time actor.

I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect.

I follow my heart in almost every instance, and it gets me in trouble most of the time. But I don't care. I think that's the best way I can live.

I'm the most chill person I know ... I'm happy with myself ... I'm not perfect, but I'm cool with that.

One person who has taught me a lot and inspired me a lot was Peter Falk. I was fortunate enough to have worked with him in this movie called 'Vig.' He brought my work to a place where it literally shouldn't have been for another two or three years.

I really don't like hurting people; I like making people feel good.

The first thing I did when my career started moving was to buy a small house.

I grew up all over the place, but the majority of my years were spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

My old man taught me a lot of stuff in his death that I don't even know if he would have been able to teach me had he been alive. And that was to never do stuff that can jeopardize the people you love and hurt them.

I really don't go to any parties.

Life is not about making dough or how many movies you can make in a year. It's about finding someone that you can share things with.

My first job was four words in 'Family Matters.' It was huge!

I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I've had this idea of what a father should be, it's exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it.

People don't think I can construct a sentence, let alone write a script.

I would have loved to have played Spider-Man.

I was in the Vancouver airport, and I was speaking with a young girl. She asked if I was Freddie Prinze Jr., and I said I was. She kind of giggled, and while I was talking with her, her girlfriend ran up and took my sandwich. I did not call out after her ...

It's so easy to be selfish in your 20s and not want to sacrifice.

I know throughout my childhood, there were many times I couldn't stand being a 'Jr.' I wouldn't want anybody else to go through that. If we'd had a boy, he wouldn't have been another Freddie Prinze.

Shooting in Brooklyn is like opening a time capsule. Nothing has changed. Everything looks like it did in the eighties.

When I was a kid, 'Star Wars' was it. Like, it's in your DNA. I'm old enough to have seen the original one.

High school's like another planet.

My mom drove like Britney Spears with the steering wheel and me right here [in her lap]. I'm fine, I turned out okay.

I just want people to recognize my father as an artist who was way ahead of his time. He was a genius. His life just burnt out quicker than it should have. And that is unfortunate, but what is more unfortunate is that everybody focuses on the nature of his death as opposed to the nature of his life, which was so much greater and more important.

My god-father, Bob Wall, was in a couple of Bruce Lee movies, and he trained Bruce Lee when he came to America.

I was just after Generation X. I missed the John Hughes movies; I had to watch them on TBS.

I know how to create and make people feel something. Honestly, if I didn't do this, I would just have some minimum-wage job in New Mexico, and I would go out on the weekends and make just enough money to pay my insurance and pay for a couple beers, and that would be it.

I've heard, 'May the Force be with you' about as many times as, 'Hey, how you doing?'

When I was in high school. I was considered really weird and strange, and people kind of kept their distance.

It only takes 30 seconds to pluck my eyebrows, but it hurts. I have to tweeze 'em in the middle once a week. Otherwise, I look like Bert from 'Sesame Street.'

We've got a lot of love here, and for me that's what family is all about,

I've never seen 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'

I don't know if acting is genetic. Maybe it's environmental.

I love food, man! If it doesn't eat me first, I'll pretty much eat it.

A couple of years ago, right before I made 'Down to You,' there was a moment when I questioned what I was doing and if it meant anything. I felt like I wasn't accomplishing anything, that the goals I'd set were silly goals. Finally, I realized I just loved acting. It was a very clear moment, and my whole life changed then.