That's one of the good things about being recognisable - if you need a quick escape, the cabbies will take care of you.
— David Hasselhoff
Spirituality - prayer - is a big part of my life.
I've already lived the lives of ten people. My father's 87 and still going strong. I think there's a lovely angel watching over me.
My problem is people seem to laugh at me, but the one that laughs harder than anybody is me.
Failure usually works for me in the end.
I have a Guinness Book of World Records entry as the most-watched person on television; now I have a new entry as the only man who has a crab named after him.
I have a great relationship with my kids. We're very honest with each other, and I'm very proud that we are absolutely, incredibly close. That to me is more important than anything.
I think laughter is the best medicine. If you can't laugh at yourself, then you can't laugh at life and the silliness of it all.
I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Checkpoint Charlie.
All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.
In a cornball way, I think being a celebrity is about making a difference, too.
Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect.
I let people down easy with inspiration.
I once didn't work out for six weeks. It took me for ever to get the weight off.
In case you haven't caught the commercials, I'm in the new SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
There are many dying children out there whose last wish is to meet me.
The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater.
Wherever I can go, I hit the water, whether it's the ocean, or in L.A. it's Zuma Beach in Malibu; I just hit the water.
I love musical theater. That's what I started off to do when I was 7, and my first show was 'Peter Pan.'
The difference between men and women seems to be this: I can argue with my promoter downstairs, accuse him of ripping me off, and 20 minutes later we'll be playing golf together. With a lady, the same argument can go on for, like, years.
I think that without sushi there would be no David Hasselhoff, because sushi is like the perfect way of describing the insides of David Hasselhoff. He is like a protein, clean and easy. That's how I feel about myself.
The Hoff has become larger than life, so I can't do anything small any more. If I mess up, it becomes big no matter what it is, so if I do something positive, it has to be equally big.
Even when I make mistakes and people exploit my mistakes on television or on the Internet, and they use it to make fun of me, it's just kind of working in my favor at the end. It's really strange.
I don't care why they love me, as long as they love me. I think people respect me because they feel like - I'm kind of like Christmas. I come back every year. You can't get rid of me. I just keep coming back.
If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run.
I embrace everything.
I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!
Celebrity means that I can affect people in a positive way.
We made sure nobody died on the show. We made sure nobody ever drowned on 'Baywatch.'
I feel like Elvis. Only alive.
When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.
I'm six foot four, an all-American guy, and handsome and talented as well!
I did, I'd say, at least about 80 percent of the rest of the driving, and I had the time of my life.
Getting in shape for this role, which is incredibly demanding, vocally, has been a lot of hard work, but I'm nailing it. I'm even kind of, at times, blowing my own mind, because I am even able to talk right now.
I met Cary Grant once, and I was absolutely star struck. I got his autograph.
When I play discos in Belfast or freshers' week in Oxford, there are 1,800 kids dressed as me. It's odd, it's funny, and it pays really well.
The Hoff has taken over David Hasselhoff. David Hasselhoff really doesn't know who he is anymore. Everywhere I go, it's The Hoff.
Beyond its entertainment values, 'Baywatch' has enriched and in many cases helped save lives.
When I was doing 'Britain's Got Talent,' I really enjoyed it, but I found it very difficult to be in the audience. I like to be on stage; I feel safer on stage because I'm in control.
The problem with me is that nothing embarrasses me.
Come on, I'm a television star. Nobody on television is curing cancer. I've had a great ride, and I'm very honored to have been in this business. I'm happy if I managed to affect people in a positive way.
In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.
If you don't respect me you're not gonna get that respect back.
My Christmas wish would be to have an entire week off. To spend it with my family and just curl up and watch Christmas movies when it's snowing outside.
I think people know that I've got a good heart.
I look good, but I probably have the insides of Elvis.
When you realize that life isn't fair, you don't act out, you don't get overly wasted, you don't get self-indulgent. You just move forward.
Over in the UK and in Wales, it's nice to turn on the TV and see 'Baywatch.'
Before long, I'll have my own channel - I'll be like Barney.
My web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, specifically about what is happening day-to-day, that I will keep updating daily.
