Michael Bergin Quotes

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

I guess that's what I was: a set of abs. And they lit the abs and shot the abs and sent the abs on their way. The photographer didn't look at my face once. I was humiliated.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.

I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.

I wanted to marry a girl just like my mom.

Thank God for little miracles, right?

We live in a kissy society.

We're all pretty ordinary on paper.

I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.

I didn't know a damn thing about style.

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.

New York is tough on lonely people.

The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.