Freddie Prinze
Freddie Prinze
Freddie James Prinze Sr.was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Prinze was the star of 1970s NBC-TV sitcom Chico and the Man. He is the father of the actor Freddie Prinze Jr...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth22 June 1954
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
belonged fourth grade school
In fourth grade I had a high school reading level, but I didn't want to go to school and I didn't feel I belonged there.
across ask call god grade hit loves ruler seventh teachers
I was in seventh grade at St. Matthew's. The teachers would tell me, 'God loves you,' and then whack a ruler across my hand. 'Well,' I'd say, 'if God loves me, can you call God? Can you ask Him if it's all right that I didn't do my homework? If it's not, then let Him hit me.'
bits cut guys interested school
I couldn't fight, and I wasn't particularly interested in the academic. So I started doing satiric bits in the school bathroom. Guys would cut class to come and see me.
kids
When I was little I was always getting hit. Kids would take my hat and throw it around, and it upset me. So I got to be very revengeful.
hope peace
I must end it. There is no hope. I will be at peace. No one had anything to do with it. My decision totally.
busted came guys hit kung mugged paranoid portable ran taking took
I was mugged when I was 12. I had a portable radio, and I ran into this building and these two guys came in and hit me, busted me up and took the radio. After that I was very paranoid and I started taking kung fu and karate. But I didn't want to fight.
funny lenny puerto rican
But the only comparison that I want to Lenny Bruce is that I'm funny. I'm Freddie Prinze, Puerto Rican all the way.
I don't know what my daughter will become.
theaters until
I didn't see 'Star Wars' in theaters until George Lucas re-tweaked it.
I did '24;' it was terrible. I hated every moment of it.
car gets spend time
A car just gets me from A to B. I really don't spend that much time driving.
changed clear couple felt life loved meant moment questioned realized silly
A couple of years ago, right before I made 'Down to You,' there was a moment when I questioned what I was doing and if it meant anything. I felt like I wasn't accomplishing anything, that the goals I'd set were silly goals. Finally, I realized I just loved acting. It was a very clear moment, and my whole life changed then.
considered high kept people weird
When I was in high school. I was considered really weird and strange, and people kind of kept their distance.
original
When I was a kid, 'Star Wars' was it. Like, it's in your DNA. I'm old enough to have seen the original one.