Luke Perry quotes

Born
October 11, 1966 Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.

Died
March 4, 2019.

Occupation
Actor.

Luke Perry was an American actor. He was best known for playing Dylan McKay on the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995.

My high school was nothing like West Beverly High, let me tell you. I grew up in Fredericktown, Ohio.
– Luke Perry

I’ve had tons of odd jobs, but I think that I would probably be a fireman because you get to see the results of your job. You get there and there is a house on fire. You leave and there’s not a fire anymore.
– Luke Perry

I open to anything… just about anything.
– Luke Perry

I always felt like something of an outsider. But I identified with people up on the screen. That made me feel like I wanted to be up on the screen too. I felt like eventually I would get there.
– Luke Perry

I’m a simple guy.
– Luke Perry

When I was a kid, I was at a bowling alley and I ran into a soda machine. I still have the scar on my right eyebrow obviously.
– Luke Perry

I’m not much of a matchmaker. I think people have to make their own choices and mistakes and all that stuff.
– Luke Perry

I knew that I was going to do Westerns. I like ’em.
– Luke Perry

I go four-wheeling in my truck. I also like to fish, cook, do stuff around my house. I even studied fencing for a while.
– Luke Perry

The role model thing gets imposed on you by someone else. I don’t think that’s fair.
– Luke Perry

Porsches are glorified Volkswagens, man.
– Luke Perry

I don’t think what I have to say is that important.
– Luke Perry

I don’t need a whole lot.
– Luke Perry

When I was a kid, I just devoured TV 24 hours a day. Now that it’s actually available 24 hours a day, I’m usually busy doing other stuff. But I do watch TV when I can.
– Luke Perry

I’m a country boy.
– Luke Perry

I’m lucky: I always wanted to be an actor. But I never felt the need to be in with the crowd. I didn’t mind being on the outside. I was always looking forward or upwards, not in.
– Luke Perry

I think that sometimes kids use the show as a jumping off point for talking about things with their parents.
– Luke Perry

There’s a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play ’em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough.
– Luke Perry

As an actor, you strive to show versatility.
– Luke Perry