Michael Bergin Quotes

We're all pretty ordinary on paper.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.

Thank God for little miracles, right?

I wanted to marry a girl just like my mom.

I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.

I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.

I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.

We live in a kissy society.

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

New York is tough on lonely people.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.

I guess that's what I was: a set of abs. And they lit the abs and shot the abs and sent the abs on their way. The photographer didn't look at my face once. I was humiliated.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

I didn't know a damn thing about style.

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.