Richard Bartlett Schroder Jr. Quotes

• I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a ranch with livestock and horses. I didn’t always get my self-esteem and identity from acting. I never worked unless I wanted to. I never did anything just to do it, just for the paycheck. I always did things that I liked.

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• Finding the discipline, the motivation, the focus, the passion to sit down in front of a blank piece of paper or a blank computer screen every day and then to make it come alive with characters and with plot is incredibly exciting and at the same time terrifying and frustrating, and sometimes it comes easy and sometimes it comes really hard.

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• You always hear about people going through miscarriages and you never understand what one is like unless you go through it.

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

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• I’ve found joy, peace and perspective. Those are very good things to have.

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• I’m absolutely an optimist. It’s the only way to get through life.

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

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• I love being on set, because I’ve basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• I demand excellence from the people I work with.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish.

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• I don’t know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I’m 60. It’s like I’ve been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I always knew I was going to be a family man.

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Richard Bartlett Schroder Jr. (49)

Birth:	13th April, 1970
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Director

About

Richard Bartlett "Ricky" Schroder, Jr. is an American actor and film director. He debuted in the 1979 hit film The Champ, going on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons. He has continued acting as an adult, notably on the western Lonesome Dove and the television crime drama NYPD Blue.

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