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" Princess Diana was a nice dancer because she had confidence. In fact, when we danced together she started to lead, and I looked her in eye and went, 'No, you have to let me lead.' So I grabbed her around the waist and we were off to the races. "

John Travolta

Confidence

You

Eye

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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. "

" He lives with his creativity in high gear. "

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" Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore. "

" I have a dance background. I have an athletic background. "

" Something can happen in your life, and you might want and need something different from your spouse. Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down, and at that moment, you better start creating it; otherwise, you're going to lose out. "

" It's the interviewee's job to know that his privacy is going to be invaded on some level. Otherwise, you are better off not doing the interview. "

" My kids probably stay up too late. My wife goes to bed around 3 A.M., and I follow around 7 A.M., but it works. "

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Wife

Bed

" I'm definitely working class, and I still believe in those values. I know that losing everything would not be an unfamiliar feeling. Meaning, if you don't have it anymore, you didn't have it to begin with. "

" I've done so many interviews that I've gotten past the ego and the personality. "

" I actually do like playing off-beat people. I think it's more fun. "

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Fun

" 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. "

" When my mother died, it sort of put a damper on things. My career didn't have the same significance or excitement. It had always been about doing well for my family - my brothers, sisters, father, mother. Then something interesting and important happened - I started doing things for me. "

" I played football in the ninth and 10th grade. I looked a lot like Joe Namath, so I think my looks got me there more than my abilities. "

John Travolta

Looks

" I love watching old movies, and some of the holiday-themed ones are really great. I also have a bizarre thing that I'll do: I'll turn on a foreign-language TV station, usually Spanish, and watch a whole show, riveted, even though I have no idea what anyone is saying. I don't know why I find that so addictive, but I do! "

" 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. "

" When I say 'yes' to a movie it's usually because, to a greater or lesser extent, it's because I'm enthusiastic about the character. How well that character ultimately comes off depends on a lot of things: your relationship with the director and so on. But at first, you're on board because you think you can do something with it. "

" Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy. "

John Travolta

People

My Soul

" I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things, and then you go onto something new. "

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Doing

Done

" I'm willing to look my own nightmare on film, but if it endangers my life, then I'm willing to put my life before movies. "

" You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend. "

" Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down, and at that moment, you better start creating it; otherwise, you're going to lose out. "

" With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen. "

" I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature. "

" I believe L. Ron Hubbard resolved the human mind, and in resolving it he has also resolved human pain - that's what I really think has happened here. "

" I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career. "

" When I was 8, I got a little toy propeller plane: You could turn it on and the people disappeared from the little windows and stewardesses appeared, and it ran along the ground. "

" I think my friend Tom Hanks knows me. He understands me very well. He's always had a sort of parental feeling toward me. He knows I'm a big mush ball, which is just part of my personality. "

John Travolta

Think

Personality

" It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time. "