Erik Estrada Quotes
- I had a major motorcycle accident on CHIPs that gave me a 50-50 chance to live. I broke a lot of bones and fractured ribs…
- My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change…
- As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed.
- An hour of my time is a tiny price to pay for all the support I've gotten from my fans.
- I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez.
- I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance.
- I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate.
- They do the soaps differently in Mexico. You just have to know the storyline and not memorize the lines. There would be someone feeding you…
- Respect other people regardless of the level they are at... or the level you are at. When you hand out respect, you get it back.
- I grew up in New York in an English-speaking environment.
- Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' is a brilliant movie. It's about four hours long, but it's so well done.
- Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract.
- I wanted to be a New York City cop before I became an actor.
- Long time ago, I was going to be a New York cop, then got involved with this girl who was into acting, then got bit…
- It was a hard job, but it was a lot of fun and I'll always be grateful to Ponch. He was a part of me.