singer, others an actor,
many a businessman but
Pan. While the man himself believes there is a
little bit of Peter Pan in everyone, he lives his
own life like a lost boy. His career CV highlights
that he has featured in 33 movies and over
45 television shows no small feat especially
when one of those roles was Michael Knight in
Knight Rider with his talking car KITT.
children to follow their own natural talents.
I couldn't play guitar and I was no good at
sports but I could act and I took that belief and
I ran with it," states David. "Where Peter Pan
believed he could fly, I believed I could act."
into it and got on with it. While sitting in the
lounge of the DAVINCI Hotel David shows me
his bracelet, which reads "See it, Believe it,
Live it" and proudly states that this is his goal
for living each day.
So with this I became a pop star, an entertainer
and an actor, yes they came naturally to
me, but I also believe that we only connect
physically with 10% of our brain and the rest
we can change mentally.
of recognising the obvious. So many people
get caught up in the noise of this world and
let things pass them, I believe you must take
it one day at a time and focus on what will get
you there," adds David.
on a positive (repetition of positive?) image in
your life you can change the path you are on
and live more positively. A philosophy he said
he drew from when his marriage fell apart as
well as through a number of stressful situations
in his life.
one has to just keep moving forward. Through
adversity, heartbreak and betrayal his mantra
is the same.
over and die. Then God gives you a wake
up call and you get up no matter how hard
you fell. I am a bit like that, in fact I am a
keep coming back," he jests. "My manager
always says I have a way of forcing things into
existence, in fact my ex wife used to say never
tell my husband he can't, he will go and stand
on the side of the streets and sell CDs until he
hits a million if he has to."
being a recluse you were sorely mistaken. He
is just about to embark on an eight-city tour
of Germany, a tour of Australia and then he is
back here in SA to do more work.
countries, something he wasn't even aware of
when it kicked off. He was being interviewed by
a journalist while he was out of work and she
mentioned it to him in passing. While he admits
he never knew where Austria was, he wasted
no time in buying a KITT car and booking a
flight to the country where he managed to
ignite his career all over again.
it is scary, scary to work through and scary to
manoeuvre. But here I was in a new country
and I got on stage and it happened for me, I
sold 11 million copies of `Looking for Freedom',
I then sang on the Berlin Wall when it came
down and I never looked back," he adds.
back in the 80s, when he originally came to the
country to do a Shell television commercial.
He says he has been on tour from Joburg
to Cape Town, Bloemfontein to Pretoria and
even Phalaborwa, he says he even dated a
girl - Patricia Lewis - back then and today many
of his friends in LA are ex South Africans. He
even sang a song in Afrikaans once, something
he says was exceptionally hard to do.
of a place because I am always treated so
well. When people see me they often act like
the guy from their childhood just jumped out
of the television."
thought that "The Hoff" would gain the cult
status it has and what his thoughts are on what
this means.
slow motion on a beach and I never thought
the Hoff would take off. In fact I think the Hoff
makes more money that David these days!
But it has taught me that if you ever want to
get something out there in the market they
should take it online, we do a lot online and
we use social media to speak to our fans
its good fun."
Australia who thought it was good fun to send
around cheesy pictures of me I had a great
laugh what it ignited is something else. My
theory is that as long as people are laughing at
me or with me I am happy, admittedly they get
shocked when they meet me and see I am 6ft4,
but its all good fun and its why I did the comedy
roast as well, all in good fun," he remarks.
then says: "Live, laugh, love, live your life get
on with it and make sure you enjoy the ride."
While on the introspective note David says his
father was without a doubt the most influential
person in his life, stating that he was the most
outgoing man he had ever met and had the
warmest heart.
you are either a celebrity or you are an ass of
a celebrity. Most celebs were the latter before
they became celebs, something we strive not
to be," he says.
boundaries by jumping off bridges, diving with
sharks and following the adrenalin wherever
it may lead them. But what are the images his
fans leave on the mind of this man?
been told I was watched in East Germany on a
satellite dish made from a trashcan, from foster
homes, from a shanty in Soweto. One guy once
told me that his mother used to use my shows
as punishment, she would send him to his
room and then put the television programme on
full blast and wouldn't let him watch it. It's nice
to know that I have made a difference and want
to keep making a difference," ends David.
stronger stuff and we can be assured to see
more of him well into the future.
Favourite music artist? I love Prime Circle
What car do you drive? I love cars and
I have a lot of them, right now I have a
Mercedes coupe S class, I even have
a Knight Rider car, I have a Mustang, a
Harley and then the typical SUVs
If you could live anywhere where would it
be? Probably anywhere in the world I just
want to live.
Favourite food? Pasta
Hobbies? Scuba Diving