Danny Bonaduce

I often say television is not a job for grown men. You go to a set, they pick out your clothes for you, they tell you where to stand, what to say, and your chair has your name on it in case you can't find a place to sit. ”

There are people, radio talk show hosts, those kind of people, it's their job to only have one opinion, they can't tell you about their feelings. They have to go with what pays their bills. ”

As it has been told to me, my Dad had some kind of deal with Dick Clark. But when we got here, that fell through. So we were out here with no job, no furniture, no food. ”

Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place. ”

If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective. ”

Well, anything you want to make public is your public business. ”

If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two. ”

The fact is, I made $400 a week and only for 26 weeks a year. I never had any money. ”

Being a child star is great. It's being a former child star that sucks. ”

Being an ex-child star is not a given. ”