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I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone.

The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.

I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986.

I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.

I was 45 years old when I decided to learn how to surf.

In L.A., I like to surf. I went through a phase - I was surfing four days a week. I'm still not good at it; I still spend most of my time falling.

I was 14 or 15 when I moved to L.A. permanently, but I had been out for pilot season for a few years before that.

I grew up surfing. My dad probably put me on a surfboard before I could walk.

I was a surf bum wannabe. I left home at age 17 and moved to Southern California to try to take up surfing as a vocation, but this was in 1964, and there was this nasty little thing called the Vietnam War. As a result, I got drafted.

I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.