You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.

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They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay...

They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay...

I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.

I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.

Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half...

Let me tell you something: if you're on an island for three and a half...

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

I've been a scuba diver since I was 16 and I think that was one...

I've been a scuba diver since I was 16 and I think that was one...

I'm really a romantic at heart.

I'm really a romantic at heart.

The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted...

The guy who owned that island was from Oregon and he decided that he wanted...

It's only in the United States that they make a big deal about nudity.

It's only in the United States that they make a big deal about nudity.

One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray.

One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray.

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots...

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots...

I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a...

I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a...

I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung...

I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung...

Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying...

Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying...

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.

I thought that would be kind of cool, to make a bad guy look sympathetic.

I thought that would be kind of cool, to make a bad guy look sympathetic.

I'm a very big believer in fate.

I'm a very big believer in fate.

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.

Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.

I think the United States is way behind the times.

I think the United States is way behind the times.