Top 50 Corey Feldman Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “We’re all made to make mistakes; nobody’s perfect.”

— Corey Feldman

2. “You have to stay updated on trends, social things and pop culture, you need to stay with the times and keep evolving.”

— Corey Feldman

3. “I’m a bit of a hippie.”

— Corey Feldman

4. “I believe that things happen for a reason. I think there are no coincidences in life.”

— Corey Feldman

5. “I do believe that belief is the most powerful thing we have in this world. So, if we believe in something enough. And we have faith, we can make it a reality. That is basically the basis of my entire career and my entire life.”

— Corey Feldman

6. “When I am working, I am working. When I am promoting, I am promoting. The rest of the time, I try to stay under the radar a bit.”

— Corey Feldman

7. “People always want to pin yesterday’s news on you, as opposed to asking you what you’re going to do for the future, what you’re doing today.”

— Corey Feldman

8. “Self-realization is great.”

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9. “I have led a pretty colorful life.”

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10. “My addiction has always been beautiful women, being surrounded by them.”

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11. “I’ve been to the top and I’ve been to the bottom more times than most people ride in an elevator.”

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12. “The thing you have to understand is that there are only so many things you can do in a year. There are only so many days in a year. There is only so much time you can set aside for certain projects.”

— Corey Feldman

13. “I am an avid supporter of PETA and all animals as well as animal rights programs.”

— Corey Feldman

14. “If anything needs to get fixed in society, it’s people’s consumption of other people’s problems.”

— Corey Feldman

15. “People do not realize this, but my drug addiction was actually a short span of time. It was only for two years.”

— Corey Feldman

16. “Oh, I see people everywhere. Some are celebs, but most of my friends are just regular people. The thing is, even celebs are normal people too. Just people.”

— Corey Feldman

17. “My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald’s commercial.”

— Corey Feldman

18. “The people that become the biggest jokes are people who do not change. They stay the way they were in the past. Look at Michael Jackson, he never evolved.”

— Corey Feldman

19. “When I had my child, I planned on being with the woman I had him with for the rest of my life. If that doesn’t work out, you have to see things from a different perspective.”

— Corey Feldman

20. “I’d say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.”

— Corey Feldman

21. “I had a very rough and tumultuous childhood. I often wish that I had the opportunity to make my own choices in life and choose my own path. But at the same time, I realize that things happen the way they’re supposed to.”

— Corey Feldman

22. “I knew how to read a contract by 10 years old, but I didn’t know what it meant for somebody to come in and tell me they loved me and kiss me goodnight. That’s a problem.”

— Corey Feldman

23. “Whereas I used to get depressed or neurotic or dwell on things, I see my son’s bright eyes and smile in the morning, and suddenly, I don’t feel like I’m depressed anymore. There’s nothing to be depressed about when you’ve got that.”

— Corey Feldman

24. “I met my wife by breaking two of my rules: never date a girl seriously that you meet at a nightclub and never date a fan.”

— Corey Feldman

25. “I’ve been labeled all my life.”

— Corey Feldman

26. “On the musical side, I always wanted to kind of carry on Pink Floyd’s sound. You know, Pink Floyd always had such an original, creative and masterful sound, but there are no new albums. My thought was that there’s a way to keep their sound alive.”

— Corey Feldman

27. “I never used needles, but I was into heroin, cocaine – those are the things I’ll never touch again.”

— Corey Feldman

28. “I’m a guy who’s all about peace, love, and happiness. I’m a bit of a hippie.”

— Corey Feldman

29. “It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood.”

— Corey Feldman

30. “Child stars have nothing. They have no choice.”

— Corey Feldman

31. “I was never taught how to raise a child, because I wasn’t raised properly.”

— Corey Feldman

32. “I started working when I was three years old and was basically known before I knew who my own name was. My parents needed money, so at that time it became my responsibility to pay the bills.”

— Corey Feldman

33. “I had a very rough and tumultuous childhood.”

— Corey Feldman

34. “With my son, I work very hard to keep him away from the press and media and I want an opportunity for him to lead as normal a life as possible.”

— Corey Feldman

35. “I look for the safety of my child. I don’t really care about me.”

— Corey Feldman

36. “It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of a manipulative demon. That’s the mystery of heroin.”

— Corey Feldman

37. “As an actor, you’re pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people’s words off of a page and doing what they want you to do.”

— Corey Feldman

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38. “I’ve always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children.”

— Corey Feldman

39. “It’s funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up.”

— Corey Feldman

40. “My discrepancy with children in the industry is that they are made famous before they know who they are as human beings.”

— Corey Feldman

41. “Fatherhood is the most amazing thing that could ever have happened in my life.”

— Corey Feldman

42. “As an entertainer, a comedy guy, whatever, you’re never gonna be truly 100-percent happy with anything.”

— Corey Feldman

43. “There are many ways of giving thanks. Eating turkeys doesn’t have to be one of them.”

— Corey Feldman

44. “I don’t want to be lumped into any categories.”

— Corey Feldman

45. “I’m more than an actor. I’m an icon, an industry.”

— Corey Feldman

46. “As a kid, I liked the ‘Halloween’ movies and ‘Nightmare On Elm Street’ and all that kind of stuff. But as an adult, I really don’t watch much horror, to be honest.”

— Corey Feldman

47. “I’ve never cheated on a woman.”

— Corey Feldman

48. “When you ask most people to reflect on their very first memory, the recollections usually fall within a range of familiar vignettes – that first game of catch with Mom or Dad, playing with a beloved stuffed animal or favorite toy, or watching Saturday morning cartoons. My first memory is shooting that McDonald’s commercial. I can’t remember anything before the start of my career.”

— Corey Feldman

49. “I feel very fortunate to have been a part of many successful contemporary horror franchises.”

— Corey Feldman

50. “Thrillers are my favorite. I like stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat or maybe makes you jump.”

— Corey Feldman