American - Actor | February 18, 1954 -
Playing a bad guy is always a freeing experience, because you don't have the same envelope of restrictions as you have playing a good guy. Good guys restrain themselves; they kind of have their moral fiber cut out for them in varying degrees.
John Travolta
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You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.
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As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others.
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And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him.
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For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.
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I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.
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Sports, entertainment and aviation are three of the most exciting professions in the world; you are dealing with the same magnitude.
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Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.
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I'm from a working-class family. We didn't have a lot, but we had the arts. You're talking to a guy who is making a living at doing what he loves doing - acting, singing and dancing. So any career ups and downs were not that significant to me; the only things that really powerfully impinged on me were my losses, and there were many in my life.
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I learned early on to stay away from gossip magazines and reviews. That stuff just makes you unhappy, and I know actors that read everything that's written about them and they're miserable. You can choose what to let into your life.
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So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth.
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Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.
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