Luke Perry

“When I was a kid, I was at a bowling alley and I ran into a soda machine. I still have the scar on my right eyebrow obviously.”

“My job stays the same, whether we're acting by candlelight, against a green screen, or on a stage somewhere. Which is just as well, because I really couldn't do anything else.”

“Half-hour comedy shows are like a play, one night a week.”

“I'm a country boy.”

“When I was a kid, I just devoured TV 24 hours a day. Now that it's actually available 24 hours a day, I'm usually busy doing other stuff. But I do watch TV when I can.”

“I go four- wheeling in my truck. I also like to fish, cook, do stuff around my house. I even studied fencing for awhile.”

“I've had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there's no...”

“Porsches are glorified Volkswagens, man.”

“I loved television. 'Starsky and Hutch' was my show. 'SWAT.' Both Aaron Spelling shows. Loved 'em.”

“At one point or another, everybody gets called 'the new James Dean.'”

“I'm not James Dean. And no one else is, either.”

“I have significantly cut down on the amount of red meat I eat.”

“There's a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play 'em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough.”

“'Twin Peaks' is so phenomenal. And it worked because they struck the right tone: they brought intelligence to it, and the mystery itself was compelling.”

“I'm lucky: I always wanted to be an actor. But I never felt the need to be in with the crowd. I didn't mind being on the outside. I was always looking forward or upwards, not in.”