Erik Estrada Quotes

Respect other people regardless of the level they are at... or the level you are at. When you hand out respect, you get it back.

I grew up in New York in an English-speaking environment.

I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez.

An hour of my time is a tiny price to pay for all the support I've gotten from my fans.

I always loved Ponch, man. It was so much fun to be him, to put on my duds and get on that bike and bust the bad guys and help out the kids. And get the babes.

My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple of years that we did that.

I never rode a motorcycle before CHiPs.

Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America” is a brilliant movie. It’s about four hours long, but it’s so well done.

As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed.

Top Model' is pretty good, because it gives these girls an opportunity to chase their passion and possibly get a contract.

They do the soaps differently in Mexico. You just have to know the storyline and not memorize the lines. There would be someone feeding you lines while you were performing.

I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance.

I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate.

I had a major motorcycle accident on CHIPs that gave me a 50-50 chance to live. I broke a lot of bones and fractured ribs and broken wrists.