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Rick Schroder: Trying to understand women is a tall order period.
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Rick Schroder: There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I'd changed.
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Rick Schroder: The long hours required to shoot NYPD Blue would prevent me from being where I really want to be at this time - which is with my family.
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Rick Schroder: It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful.
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Rick Schroder: I've been very blessed. My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted. When you grow up in a household like that, you learn to believe in yourself. Consequently, my ego and self-esteem have never been locked up just in acting. So, when I'm succeeding or failing, I'm still the same person.
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Rick Schroder: If I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.
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Rick Schroder: I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials by the time I was 6. I must have been a natural, because I never took an acting lesson.
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Rick Schroder: I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended.
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Rick Schroder: I think one of the things that saved me is that I never put all my eggs in one basket.
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Rick Schroder: I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the different directions that I want to take them. You have a lot of freedom as a writer.
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Rick Schroder: I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.
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Rick Schroder: I don't know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I'm 60. It's like I've been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8.
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Rick Schroder: I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them.
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Rick Schroder: I always knew I was going to be a family man.