David Cassidy

Until I really dealt with a lot of the demons in my life - the fear and self-doubt and unresolved issues with my old man - I could never feel fulfilled and happy. I would wake up in the morning and feel bad.

I've had a great metamorphosis in my life. I struggled for a number of years because I was identified with that image of the Seventies.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.'

When you have had the kind of fame I had, I was always hounded by the media and I lived a very isolated life. Now it's even more difficult. The world has changed dramatically.

Just do me a favor. Don't call me 'former teen heartthrob,' okay? It's as if they were constantly discussing your second year of college. I'm not back there anymore. I'm living in the present.

I was always really proud of the fact that I had a very positive influence as a role model.

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.

Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence.

When you cut your life into a film - 90-some minutes of film - you end up taking snapshots and vignettes of the highlights of it - marriage, divorce, death, success, fame, loss. The up and the down and the up again.

Once they began doing 'Celebrity Apprentice,' apparently the audience wasn't that keen on the ordinary apprentice. That is probably the best indictment with our fascination with celebrity in our culture, which drives me crazy.