Top 45 Ian Ziering Quotes

As a father and a provider, no stone goes unturned.

We barely had cell phones on ‘90210.’ It started in the ’90s. That’s pretty much when fax machines came into play. When I first got the script for ‘90210’ I had to come into New York to get it. It was not emailed to me; there was no email.

When all the other kids were playing sports after school, I wanted to sing and dance and act.

I can’t tell you the deluge of images that were sent to me through all the different social media platforms of families partying together… enjoying ‘Sharknado.’

Anything I can do to raise awareness and money for charity, I like to do.

In this business, it’s important: if you consider yourself a journeyman actor like I do, you need to stay topical. So I’m always looking for projects that are challenging, that put me in a light that’s different from anything I’ve ever done before.

I’m doing what every guy in America has secretly fantasized – being a Chippendales dancer and having women throw themselves at you.

As an actor, you know that every act has a closing curtain.

David Hasselhoff is awesome.

The brilliance of ‘Sharknado 2’ is it’s more of the same – similar formula, more of the experience.

I believe the digital world presents tremendous opportunities for the producers who understand it, and I am launching a digital production company, iMan Productions, to take advantage of this opportunity.

I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.

To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.

Being a dad is the best role I’ve ever played, with all due respect to Steve Sanders. It really is the best thing ever.

When I read the scene where I’m actually chainsawing my way out of the belly of a shark, how could a guy turn that down when that’s in the job description?

We’re living in a society where you need to be accountable for your actions, for your behavior – for yourself. To sit back and be reactive would be to allow your children to make big mistakes without the benefit of your wisdom being bestowed on them. It’s not what my parents taught me.

It’s intimidating when you have to stand onstage amongst a bunch of men who are dedicated to maintaining peak musculature and athleticism, and they’re six-five, 240 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal. It’s a lot to stand up to… My goal is to not look like Chris Farley.

I have two children of my own; I can’t imagine anything more horrific than to have a child suffering with EB.

I treat auditions as if they are gold. I try to make every one count.

I just try to do the best job I can with what I’m given. My main focus is the work and not the glamour.

For me, to get to play an action hero in a science fiction film is a marriage of two genres that I’m a huge fan of.

I enjoy the holidays, but I’m back to work pretty quickly.

I feel blessed: having a family is something that I’ve always wanted. Having a second child is the realization of a dream come true.

At my pregnant wife’s behest, I took the job for the paycheck and the health insurance, and it turned into ‘Sharknado.’ I couldn’t have played this better if I’d wanted to. It’s really captured the imagination of sci-fi fans.

I’ve always been a fan of Fran Drescher!

My most famous commercial was for Fruit Of the Loom underwear. I took a lot of razzing from my classmates.

With ‘Sharknado,’ they’ve got a great mix of TV and film. This is a film that has film impact in the TV medium.

I think my perspective on my age is really irrelevant.

I’m always looking for additional revenue streams.

You have to be careful of social climbers. There are a lot of potholes out there.

I always wanted to do action-adventure, and science fiction genres were always something that were of great interest to me.

More people than not have seen me on television in swim shorts, so I don’t have any problem stripping down.

I love coming to Las Vegas. I’ve always loved it and always had a good time.

I am an actor, but my most important job is provider of my family.

I get fan letters written in everything from crayons to lipstick.

I like the fact that I’m involved in a career that gives me so many different mediums to perform in.

Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it’s up to somebody else.

I don’t want to make any mistakes. My parents have been married for 40 years. I want to stay married.

Being married, I don’t know how to describe it. It’s very comfortable when you find the right person. It all comes together beautifully.

Ideally, it would be five days a week, spending at least an hour at the gym doing cardio three of those days and resistance training all of those days. My cardio is typically interval training.

Failure is not an option. So, we’re committed to the success of not just our relationship but to raising two amazing girls… It’s dedication. We’ve anchored ourselves to a foundation of accountability, and we’ve set out to be successful at this, so we’re going to do it.

People have always told me I look young for my age… and I think it’s because I’ve always taken care of myself.

In the entertainment industry, there remains one constant: change.

We have so many foreign fans, I think we should take the movie to them. I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great, instead of demolishing a city, if we, through a ‘Sharknado,’ could rebuild it? Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we went to Italy and a ‘Sharknado’ straightened the Tower of Pisa?’

When I got the call from Chippendales, my jaw dropped, as it came on the heels of TMZ calling me fat on national TV. I am passionate about health and fitness, so I’ve kept in shape, and dancing is something I’ve always enjoyed, so I figured, why not?