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Rex Smith Biography

Actor

Rex Smith, born in September 1955, is an American actor known for his performances in films and television. He gained widespread recognition in the early 1980s for his role in the television series 'The Bionic Woman'.

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“Movies are so weird. I don't believe anything until it's already done.”

Believe Done Don't Believe

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“I was named after the next-door neighbor's German shepherd. It was either that or Cadillac Smith.”

Next Doors Neighbor Shepherds Cadillacs Next Door Neighbors German Shepherds

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“I had a very crazy aunt and uncle who we traded my brother Webster to for a Siamese cat. It was heaven to live with my aunt and uncle because you got spoiled to death.”

Heaven Crazy Brother Cat My Brother Uncles Aunt Spoiled Aunts And Uncles

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“[My father did] advertising. That's why I got into this business. I think because we're really boxes of soap - actors and singers. You're artists, but in the public eye it's a matter of advertising.”

Thinking Matter Eye Artist Actors Father Boxes Singers Advertising Soap Public Eye

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“When I got out of high school I hit the road. I lived like a gypsy. Those were the best times of my life. I was living from club to club not knowing where my next meal was coming from. No credit cards, no apartment, no bills, no managers, just on the road with a truck and five guys.”

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“We were a really crazy band. This was in '73. I had my hair real short with a white stripe down the middle of my head. The guitarists had pink hair. We weren't playing CBGB's either, we were playing Statesborough, Georgia, for cowboys on penny beer night. We used to keep crowbars onstage when fights would break out. Those were really wild times.”

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“I came up to New York at 20 with a suitcase and a ceramic tiger. That was my one piece of furniture and I wanted to save it.”

Wanted Pieces New York Tigers Furniture One Piece Suitcases Ceramics

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“I'm too much of a planner. I would have been a dentist; that's what I was thinking of being. Dr. Rex, open wide and say "Ah." I think I'd look good in a smock.”

Thinking Looks Has Beens Too Much Wide Drs Dentist Planners

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“I have long-range plans, but you always have to wait for business to catch up with you. It's a matter of contracts and meetings catching up with your ideas of what you want to accomplish in life.”

Want Long Ideas Matter Waiting Plans Meetings Accomplish What You Want Range Contracts Catching Catching Up

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“I don't know a lot of guys who started out as a hard rock and roller with a white stripe in their hair. Suddenly I do a TV movie and I wake up the next day and I'm a teen idol, like I'd laid on a beach in California all my life waiting for that to happen.”

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“Everything is disposable now: disposable lighters, disposable blades, disposable stars. They inflate you up for one big deal and then they look for someone else.”

Looks Bigs Stars Deals Blades Big Deal Lighters Disposable

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“It used to be that a movie star would have a 20-year career. Now if you get three to five years, you're lucky.”

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“I can get into politics. I'm a pretty straight guy for this business. I have a pretty healthy outlook.”

I Can Guy Healthy Outlook

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“I was the only guy who is referred to as Mr. Smith in the New York Times and in the same week as Sexy Rexy in some teen magazine.”

Guy Week New York Sexy Magazines New York Times

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“I'm very close to my parents and we built a sailboat together when I was growing up. We're partners.”

Together Parent Growing Up Growing Built Partners Sailboat

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“My father always said, 'It ain't bragging if it's true.'”

Ifs Said Father Bragging

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About the Author

Born: September 19, 1955
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 16

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