David Hasselhoff Quotes

“All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.”

“And sometimes the hardest thing you can do is walk away. But you got to. And, when you do, it changes your life.”

“Beyond its entertainment value, 'Baywatch' has enriched and, in many cases, helped save lives. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to continue with a project which has had such a significance for so many.”

“Celebrity means that I can affect people in a positive way.”

“Come on, I'm a television star. Nobody on television is curing cancer. I've had a great ride, and I'm very honored to have been in this business. I'm happy if I managed to affect people in a positive way.”

“Failure usually works for me in the end.”

“Getting in shape for this role, which is incredibly demanding, vocally, has been a lot of hard work, but I'm nailing it. I'm even kind of, at times, blowing my own mind, because I am even able to talk right now.”

“I don't care why they love me, as long as they love me. I think people respect me because they feel like – I'm kind of like Christmas. I come back every year. You can't get rid of me. I just keep coming back.”

“I embrace everything.”

“I feel like Elvis. Only alive.”

“I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Checkpoint Charlie.”

“I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!”

“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.”

“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 let people down easy with inspiration.”

“I look good, but I probably have the insides of Elvis.”

“I met Cary Grant once, and I was absolutely star struck. I got his autograph.”

“I once didn't work out for six weeks. It took me for ever to get the weight off.”

“I think laughter is the best medicine. If you can't laugh at yourself, then you can't laugh at life and the silliness of it all.”

“I think people know that I've got a good heart.”

“I think people respect me because they feel like – I'm kind of like Christmas. I come back every year. You can't get rid of me. I just keep coming back.”

“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.”

“I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake it up. For example, if Mitch saves someone from drowning, and that person then goes out and releases a virus that kills a million people. Imagine the moral implications of that.”

“I went in and said, "If I see one more gratuitous shot of a woman's body, I'm quitting." I think the show should be emotional story lines, morals, real- life heroes. And that's what we're doing.”

“I'm a cheesy over-the-top megalomaniac with a deep voice and the most amazing pecs.”

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

“I've already lived the lives of ten people. My father's 87 and still going strong. I think there's a lovely angel watching over me.”

“I've got taste, it's inbred in me.”

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

“If you stand still long enough, you'll get stuck.”