I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put m...
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I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me.
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The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted to have an Oregon feelin...
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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!
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Larry Hagman was a huge star, and he was carrying my stuff for me.
Larry Hagman was a huge star, and he was carrying my stuff for me.
Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.
Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.
Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?
Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy?
Everybody wants to be like everybody else.
Everybody wants to be like everybody else.
I couldn't go anywhere. I had my hair pulled and my clothes ripped off of me several times. To this ...
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I couldn't go anywhere. I had my hair pulled and my clothes ripped off of me several times. To this day, people still recognize me. I'm still fighting the image I have from The Blue Lagoon (1980).
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They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.
They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.
I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I...
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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.
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Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.
Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.
One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray.
One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray.
As much as I didn't want to change, lifestyles do change.
As much as I didn't want to change, lifestyles do change.
I've been a scuba diver since I was 16 and I think that was one of the reasons they chose me.
I've been a scuba diver since I was 16 and I think that was one of the reasons they chose me.
I really did drop out to become a dad. It's so much fun having the little knuckleheads around.
I really did drop out to become a dad. It's so much fun having the little knuckleheads around.
I'm really a romantic at heart.
I'm really a romantic at heart.
There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.
There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.
We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff.
We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff.
I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.
I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.
Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.
Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.
It's only in the United States that they make a big deal about nudity.
It's only in the United States that they make a big deal about nudity.
I became a very angry person and it was all due to alcoholism.
I became a very angry person and it was all due to alcoholism.
I think the United States is way behind the times.
I think the United States is way behind the times.
Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're no...
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Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not.
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I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before.
I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before.
Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half months and you're four and a ...
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Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half months and you're four and a half hours by boat from the nearest store, and there's nobody but 30 crew members on the island, I guarantee that you'd be running around without your clothes on.
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I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.
I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.
Brooke might tell a different story, but I've always loved the water.
Brooke might tell a different story, but I've always loved the water.
You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.
You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.
I'm a very big believer in fate.
I'm a very big believer in fate.
I'm trying to peek my head back into pictures.
I'm trying to peek my head back into pictures.
I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.
I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.
I thought that would be kind of cool, to make a bad guy look sympathetic.
I thought that would be kind of cool, to make a bad guy look sympathetic.
