Top 25 Luke Perry Quotes

I don’t think that’s a fair representation of life, that you have to go to college and do well to get anywhere.

It’s hard and sometimes it’s scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me.

I loved television. ‘Starsky and Hutch’ was my show. ‘SWAT.’ Both Aaron Spelling shows. Loved ’em.

I’m a simple guy.

Half-hour comedy shows are like a play, one night a week.

I open to anything… just about anything.

It was a fun film. I had a great time doing it. I was looking for a role just like that for my first movie role. I didn’t want to have a starring role, because I wanted a chance to learn. I didn’t want the whole thing riding on me.

I was something of a prankster. One time I put a ski mask on my head and used a fake gun on the school secretary so that I could get some of my friends out of detention.

‘Twin Peaks’ is so phenomenal. And it worked because they struck the right tone: they brought intelligence to it, and the mystery itself was compelling.

I’m not much of a matchmaker. I think people have to make their own choices and mistakes and all that stuff.

I don’t need a whole lot.

I don’t think what I have to say is that important.

I have a girlfriend, but I don’t really want to talk about her. I won’t name her. She isn’t in show business, has nothing to do with it. So I’d rather just keep her out of it.

I’m not James Dean. And no one else is, either.

Growing up in the Midwest, people don’t drive Porsches and Ferraris. They drive Fords and Chevys. And so even if you have the opportunity to buy a more expensive car, it doesn’t occur to you because it’s not what you relate to.

At one point or another, everybody gets called ‘the new James Dean.’

I’m not worried about being a big star.

For me, high school was the one place where I knew my friends were gonna be, so I was there. I didn’t like it, I wasn’t involved in things, and they didn’t teach me anything that I needed to know. But my mom said I had to go, and so I went.

So many people could save a life if they just go and have a colonoscopy, but you’ve got to do something about that.

I always felt like something of an outsider. But I identified with people up on the screen. That made me feel like I wanted to be up on the screen too. I felt like eventually I would get there.

When I was a kid, I was at a bowling alley and I ran into a soda machine. I still have the scar on my right eyebrow obviously.

I’ve had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there’s not a fire anymore.

I love where I come from. The people there are good people. When they say, ‘Thank you,’ they mean it.

I’m lucky: I always wanted to be an actor. But I never felt the need to be in with the crowd. I didn’t mind being on the outside. I was always looking forward or upwards, not in.

There’s a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play ’em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough.