Larry Wilcox

“I'm very candid.”

“The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.”

“I guess I'm just a frustrated cowboy.”

“Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their singing, go hiking, camping and jogging and running, walking along the beach, playing games and sometimes being alone with the great outdoors. It's very special to me.”

“Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.”

“I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more people. There's more 'now' mentality and energy. Intellectually, it's a lot more interesting.”

“I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs' but when I go home and get a weekend off, I want to spend it quietly, with my lady.”

“Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.”

“I've been very selective in what I did and didn't do.”

“I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.”

“The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.”

“I've always felt that children are the flowers of our future.”

“My goal would be to make Frank Capra-type films about real people, how they define their reality.”

“A lot of people in film run around with a facade and use the right vocabulary and think they're mental giants, but it's very limiting.”

“I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.”

“I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.”

“Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person - do it right now - then you're not going to be successful. I like that kind of mentality.”

“I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.”

“I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as they served their country as a police officer, firefighter, federal agent or member of the military, but children all over the word need help and an opportunity to flourish.”

“Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.”