Todd Bridges Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

No matter how well you do, no matter how successful you are, they're always going to criticize you.

Roller-skating and ice-skating are two different things - I found that out the hard way.

The factory that my grandmother had put under the house to produce these green men to come get me.

Trivia

Todd appeared in a cameo role on the David Spade hit comedy Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star as himself, in September of 2003.

Todd was a contestant on the celebrity edition of the gameshow The Weakest link. His second question was to name Courtney Cox's husband. He didn't know the answer, so he jokingly said it was Gary Coleman, and was voted off first.

Todd directed a feature film titled Flossin in 2001, based on the life story of his Pastor and childhood friend, Pastor Ernest Johnson.

Todd rescued a woman who fell from her wheelchair while fishing, in 2001.

Todd married Dori Smith on May 25th, 1998, and the couple welcomed their son, Spencer Todd Bridges on July 15th, 1998.

Todd and his brother James Jr., have paired up to establish their own production company called Little Bridge Productions.

Todd fell on turbulent times after 1986, and was arrested numerous times: pleaded 'no contest' in 1986 to making a bomb threat against an auto detailer, arrested in 1988 for reckless driving, arrested in 1989 for skipping out on a $500 auot repair bill, arrested in 1989 for shooting at a man at a Los Angeles crack house, arrested in 1990 for suspicion of cocaine possession (no charges filed), arrested in 1993 for stabbing a boarder in his home (no charges filed),and arrested in 1997 for ramming a friend's car with his car.

Todd struggled after Diff'rent Strokes ended it's long run in 1986, he was typecast as 'Willis Drummond' and no one would hire him.

Todd became an international celebrity at age 15, after landing his role on Norman Lear's Diff'rent Strokes in 1978. His new popularity gained him appearances on The Love Boat, Facts of Life, and Hello Larry.

Todd decided that he wanted to become an actor at age six, when he was watching Red Foxx on Sanford and Son. His first job was a Jell-O commercial, starring the entire Bridges family.