Quotes from Lorenzo Lamas

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change.

Both my parents were huge stars. I would never have attempted to become as big of stars as they were because they lived in a different era.

I love my son. He's a great soul. He's a sweet person, but events that have happened to him in his life, some of his own making - as a parent ,you really can't take full responsibility for the destruction that can happen to a child.

I really wanted to be the American James Bond when I was starting out in the business. Then I got 'Falcon Crest,' and the film portion of my career took a back seat.

You can't count on things happening if you're not in control of them happening.

Wife number four destroyed me absolutely: took me down to the bottom of the barrel because I had three kids with her.

I got my first tattoo when I was 19. The one on my shoulder is an eagle. I'd go to the beach, and I'd take off my shirt, and I'd almost feel self-conscious because nobody out there had tattoos except my buddies, the guys who rode motorcycles. American-made bikes, mainly.

It's quite amazing how tattoos in general have been more and more accepted.

You go and find work wherever it is, and you learn from it. No matter what the experience is, you can always file something away as knowledge.

Sometimes you have to re-invent yourself in this business in order to be accepted in different roles.

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change. I was heavy and overweight as a teenager, so it's hard to be cocky or egotistical.

I was heavy and overweight as a teenager, so it's hard to be cocky or egotistical.

I got my first pilot license, an airplane private pilot license, in 1997 for the purpose of going to pick up my kids, who were living with their mother in Arizona, and I was in L.A. It was easier than to put them on a commercial flight. It was purely practical.

I can be brutally honest, which can be hard on others, but I'm a good friend.

There are so many cameras. There is so much instant media attention, not just for celebrities, but for normal people that get thrust in the reality world.

I'm proud of my Latin American heritage.

If ever there was a show that could be termed a mascot for people who ride Harleys, it's 'Renegade,' and I'm real proud of that.

The ladies remember me from 'Falcon Crest,' and the guys remember me from 'Renegade.'

Nothing is inevitable with relationships.

I idolized my father, especially as a young boy. He was bigger than life. He commanded the room.

My greatest regret would be that I took my success for granted, because it was given to me at such a young age.

A relationship takes two people to make or break it.

I'd run the gamut of emotions on 'Falcon Crest.' When the show folded, I was ready to move on.

The most important thing I learned from Dad about show business was never take myself seriously and never stop having fun with my craft.