I tell kids that people will let them down and people will hurt them. But Jesus Christ will never let them down and never hurt them.

I realized there was very little in Hollywood I would ever feel comfortable doing. If I kept one foot there and one foot in my Christianity, I would never grow.

I wanted to leave Eight Is Enough for the Navy.

It's good that kids know the Scripture. It's best that they know the Scripture and get the concept. All I can say is, it's working.

When youre in that scene, you really wonder if this is all youre ever going to be. You know how vile and filthy you are inside.

I always felt as though, 'If nothing else, I have a successful marriage.'

I get scared to death when I see people who say they've found Jesus Christ, and they're out there, and I wonder, who's teaching them? Who's mentoring them?