Freddie Prinze

“I did '24;' it was terrible. I hated every moment of it.”

“When I was in school I read a lot of comic books and pretend I was in them and kids would tease me and call me names. But now I do the same things and people say that I'm artistic and cool and I'm doing the exact same thing I did in high school.”

“I would have loved to have played Spider-Man.”

“I don't know if acting is genetic. Maybe it's environmental.”

“The Latinos were doing the five-name thing long before celebrities made it cool. We've been doing things like Antonio Ricardo Luis Raoul Hector Rivera for a while now.”

“Personally, when things upset me, I get quiet and closed off. I have nothing to say, and a chill sets in while I think about what's going on.”

“I couldn't fight, and I wasn't particularly interested in the academic. So I started doing satiric bits in the school bathroom. Guys would cut class to come and see me.”

“I think success shows a person's true colors.”

“I grew up all over the place, but the majority of my years were spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico.”

“I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I've had this idea of what a father should be, it's exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it.”

“My old man taught me a lot of stuff in his death that I don't even know if he would have been able to teach me had he been alive. And that was to never do stuff that can jeopardize the people you love and hurt them.”

“I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect.”

“Speaking Spanish isn't a benefit in Hollywood.”

“Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean. You absorb what's around you. If you're around people who are supportive and positive, that's how you look at the world.”

“High school's like another planet.”