Quotes by Erik Estrada

• It was a hard job, but it was a lot of fun and I'll always be grateful to Ponch. He was a part of me.
• 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.
• 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.
• An hour of my time is a tiny price to pay for all the support I've gotten from my fans.
• I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez.
• As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed.
• 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 like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance.