Christopher Atkins Professions : Actor Born : February 21, 1961 Browse All Authors Top 34 quotes by Christopher Atkins All of a sudden your whole life becomes a public issue. Money, wealth, people, prestige - all of that suddenly comes into play. Christopher Atkins issues play people I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing. Christopher Atkins inspirational sports funny One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray. Christopher Atkins first-kiss kissing stories Thank God for machines. They can make a dog sing! Christopher Atkins thank-god dog funny Now I'm growing and I can see my faults. I can look at myself objectively and say I can't blame anyone else; it was my own damn fault. Christopher Atkins faults growing-up looks They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over. Christopher Atkins tan over nothing down I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me. Christopher Atkins direction me fate believe I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace. Christopher Atkins backstage princess grace beer I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before. Christopher Atkins before never coaching movie We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff. Christopher Atkins cliff coming ground location Brooke might tell a different story, but I've always loved the water. Christopher Atkins loved story always water I've been a scuba diver since I was 16 and I think that was one of the reasons they chose me. Christopher Atkins i-think been think me I thought that would be kind of cool, to make a bad guy look sympathetic. Christopher Atkins thought look cool be-kind Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island. Christopher Atkins sense island special together Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors