{"id":32574,"date":"2024-02-13T10:36:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=32574"},"modified":"2025-03-25T20:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T00:48:02","slug":"actor-ricky-schroder-says-losing-sight-of-the-lord-is-easy-in-hollywood-i-never-fit-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/02\/actor-ricky-schroder-says-losing-sight-of-the-lord-is-easy-in-hollywood-i-never-fit-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Actor Ricky Schroder Says Losing Sight of the Lord is Easy in Hollywood: ‘I Never Fit In’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ricky Schroder recently reflected on the potential pitfalls of a career in Hollywood. The 53-year-old actor recently launched the Reel American Heroes Foundation, a nonprofit organization that produces films, documentaries, and TV series that promote patriotic and traditional values. During an interview with Fox News Digital, Scroder, who started as a child actor in the 1979 film “The Champ,” shared advice that he would give his younger self.<\/p>\n

He said, “Don’t lose sight of the Lord. Because in Hollywood, it’s easy to lose sight of the Lord there.” He continued, “You get tempted by so many things, and temptation can just kind of get you off track. And so, I would say if I could speak to my younger self, it’d be, ‘Read your Bible more.'” Schroder added, “There\u2019s no real regrets. As I look back on my life, as far as professionally, I had the best opportunities I took when they came along. I tried to develop opportunities as best I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schroder admitted he never fit in in Hollywood, saying, \u201cBut I never fit in Hollywood. It was never sort of a desire of mine, let\u2019s say. I was put into \u2018The Champ\u2019 when I was 7 years old and turned 8, making \u2018The Champ.\u2019 And so it\u2019s been an interesting path to go down \u2013 when you didn\u2019t make those choices originally. Other people made choices for you and put you on a track. But today, I make my own choices. And so, that\u2019s why I sort of decided to leave Hollywood, moved back to Colorado, and I still want to tell stories. But a different forum, a different platform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schroder\u2019s Reel American Heroes Foundation will focus on telling the\u00a0stories of \u201cveterans,\u00a0active soldiers, first responders, Gold Star families, as well as past and present heroic figures,\u201d according to the organization\u2019s website. \u201cOur goal is to inspire, raise awareness, entertain, and educate.\u201d The \u201cSilver Spoons\u201d alum told Fox News Digital he was motivated to found the nonprofit after the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced its new diversity and inclusion guidelines for Oscars consideration in 2024.<\/p>\n

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