David Hasselhoff

“If you don't respect me you're not gonna get that respect back.”

“I'm six foot four, an all-American guy, and handsome and talented as well!”

“When I was doing 'Britain's Got Talent,' I really enjoyed it, but I found it very difficult to be in the audience. I like to be on stage; I feel safer on stage because I'm in control.”

“The difference between men and women seems to be this: I can argue with my promoter downstairs, accuse him of ripping me off, and 20 minutes later we'll be playing golf together. With a lady, the same argument can go on for, like, years.”

“Before long, I'll have my own channel - I'll be like Barney.”

“Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect.”

“I embrace everything.”

“My wife is the dancer, but I certainly know how to sing.”

“When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.”

“I think that without sushi there would be no David Hasselhoff, because sushi is like the perfect way of describing the insides of David Hasselhoff. He is like a protein, clean and easy. That's how I feel about myself.”

“In case you haven't caught the commercials, I'm in the new SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.”

“I feel like Elvis. Only alive.”

“That's one of the good things about being recognisable - if you need a quick escape, the cabbies will take care of you.”

“I have a great relationship with my kids. We're very honest with each other, and I'm very proud that we are absolutely, incredibly close. That to me is more important than anything.”

“The Hoff has become larger than life, so I can't do anything small any more. If I mess up, it becomes big no matter what it is, so if I do something positive, it has to be equally big.”

“I did, I'd say, at least about 80 percent of the rest of the driving, and I had the time of my life.”

“When you realize that life isn't fair, you don't act out, you don't get overly wasted, you don't get self-indulgent. You just move forward.”

“I have a Guinness Book of World Records entry as the most-watched person on television; now I have a new entry as the only man who has a crab named after him.”

“I love musical theater. That's what I started off to do when I was 7, and my first show was 'Peter Pan.'”

“In a cornball way, I think being a celebrity is about making a difference, too.”