David Cassidy Quotes

It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star.

I've had a career where people still remember all these shows I've been on. It's quite cool; I just want to do stuff that people like.

As an actor, you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled.

I've learned through experience that you can't ever predict what's going to happen with any show. When I signed on to 'Ugly Betty,' I just prayed that I wouldn't get fired after the pilot, and four years later, I was still doing it.

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.

Anyone that has a music career and an acting career I think is pretty fantastic.

I would like to continue making music and acting in projects that give me a lot of satisfaction.

In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.

All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'

In show business, you had levels. I was at the top of the TV end of it.

When you come from a family of actors, people in show business, they really know to celebrate good news and to celebrate it hard because it's not every day that you get it.

I've had fans and friends in the business say, 'Oh man, you've made it.' I still don't feel like I've made it. I still feel like I'm as good as my last show, as good as my last single.

I don't regret my decision that I left a popular show like 'Balika Vadhu.' I am happy that I am out of the show and took a break for a month in Delhi.

I'm glad I'm getting to do interesting films.

We wanted to make a living, but success was creating a song that we enjoyed playing. Quite honestly, that is still a measure of success for us.

Of course I think we're most thankful for 'Shake It,' because it's given us a lot of opportunities, helped us pay some bills and brought us pretty far in life. And it's fun to perform live.

I would definitely like to continue my career in Hollywood, work hard and do my best.

When I look back over my career, I just feel pleased that I'm still working and getting some good roles. It's been 30 years now, and a generation has grown up with me. There are kids who don't have a clue who I am, but they queue up and ask for my autograph and admit their mums love me! It's all good - I am having a ball.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

I know many actresses who started big but were sent packing, as they couldn't sustain the momentum. I am in this for the long haul.

Both the industries, be it Bollywood or music, have been really kind to me.

An actor has to remember the primary reason why he chose the profession that he did. If every role that I do doesn't challenge me, then what is the point of being an actor?

As an actor, you spend years getting ready for an opportunity to arise, and when it does, you're ready for it.

My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and inspire myself as an actor, certainly not in terms of where I make money. Yeah, I can go off and do a play, but the reality is as a profession, directing is exponentially more satisfying.

I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.