Trying to understand women is a tall order period.

I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them.

I’ve had a very fortunate career and I’ve loved every moment of it.

I weren’t an actor, I’d be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.

I didn’t choose ‘Silver Spoons’. I think my mom and agent chose it because at that time there was a lack of patience on some of the people that were in charge of my career. I think there was a big offer on the table, and I think they took it.

When I turned 18, my agent was like, ‘You should change from Ricky to Rick.’ So I thought it was a good idea. Rick never really fit. I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me Rick. It should always have been Ricky. That’s what it always should have been, so I’m going back to it.

I have a real eclectic taste for work, for movies, for characters and jobs.

I don’t wilt easily, and a director can’t either. He’s the captain of the ship and he‘s got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he’s working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I’m very comfortable there. And I’m not afraid.

I’ve been very blessed. My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted. When you grow up in a household like that, you learn to believe in yourself.

I don’t have an iPod. I mean, I have a couple. Doesn’t everyone? But I don’t use it. I need to because I go to the gym now, and I’m tired of listening to morning radio. I want some music! I do have a video iPod, but I don’t use it either.

I demand excellence from the people I work with.

I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials by the time I was 6. I must have been a natural, because I never took an acting lesson.

I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I’m spending my adulthood wishing I were younger.

I’m really into sci-fi. The reason I’m an actor is because of ‘Star Wars‘ – I saw that and I knew that’s what I wanted to do. But most of the projects I’m offered as an actor are straightforward dramas, so I haven‘t really been given a chance to do that kind of role.

There are always moments of despair when you get close to jobs and lose them at the last second. It feels like getting punched in the stomach. You feel like, ‘Why do I do this?’ Then you go to bed, get up the next day and forget about it.

There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn’t let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I’d changed.

I did a lot of gasoline commercials – Hess, Texaco. I was part of the family in the car, the little brat in the back.

I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended.

I never cared about money because I never needed money, you know what I mean? When I was 12 to 17 I never saw any of the money, so the money never motivated me.

I feel like I’m a fighter. I’ve fought my whole life to get to where I’m at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

I think that if there’s some innovative entrepreneurs out there who can help teach people how they can cost-effectively help themselves and their planet, I think everybody would be for it. That’s going to be the challenge – figuring a way to get the marketplace and commerce to teach us consumers another way.

I’m just not a quitter and I just never, ever give up. I was forced to adapt because if I didn’t, I was losing inspiration only doing what I was doing.

There’s some things that you’re passionate about as a director. You just know it has to be a certain way. The challenge is resolving those so everyone is happy and no one feels that they have not been heard.

Westerns are fun. I wish more of them would be made. When you’re out there on a set, carrying a gun, riding a horse, you kind of get lost in that make believe world.

I have fond memories of my childhood. I spent five wonderful years on a popular TV show, but I didn’t have a normal childhood. I was tutored for grades 4-11.

I never thought I was good enough actually to write.

I feel cheesy when I see ‘Silver Spoons.’ Some of it was funny, but some of it was just cheese! My kids love it, but I look at it and cringe.

I was married at 20 and had a baby by 21. I had to grow up fast. Luckily there were people who believed in me and there were always jobs when I needed one.

I became a country music fan in 1990 when I moved to Colorado. It was my first exposure to it because I’m from a city. I’ve been a fan of country music ever since.

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you’re going to have a good movie.

I play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making ‘Andromeda.’

I’m very loving and supporting of my actors. I also expect them to show up prepared, happy to be there, and give their all as I do as an actor.

‘Silver Spoons’ was great memories – absolutely the best.

I’m really into sci-fi. The reason I’m an actor is because of Star Wars – I saw that and I knew that’s what I wanted to do. But most of the projects I’m offered as an actor are straightforward dramas, so I haven’t really been given a chance to do that kind of role.

There are going to be peaks and valleys in everything – in your marriage, in your job, in your life. So just enjoy the peaks and ride out the valleys. Just try not to do anything too rash.

I think my family‘s watched me over the years in my career, in my pursuit of my career, and they’ve seen the challenges and the struggles that come with being an actor, with being a writer and a director, and the challenges of morphing my career in from just being an actor into a writer/director.

I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the different directions that I want to take them. You have a lot of freedom as a writer.

Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director.

I have a career I am proud of as a child actor. I’m not running away from it or embarassed with anything I did.

My daughter‘s wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn’t want her to go through the same experiences as I did as a child actor.