Christopher Atkins Quotes

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

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

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

I'm a very big believer in fate.

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

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.

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.

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

Everybody wants to be like everybody else.

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

Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.

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

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

I'm really a romantic at heart.

I LOVE Australia! Its like my second home.

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

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

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

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

I think the United States is way behind the times.

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

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