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I'm not commercial, I'm not for Special K cereal and I'm not a Wheaties boy I'm a little bit more avant-garde, a little bit more out there.

Johnny Weir

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Johnny Weir
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 2
Actor
Figure Skater
Coatesville
Pennsylvania
Commercial
Boys
Bits
Special
Littles
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Garde
Avant
Cereal

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You only live once. Life is a show
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I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.
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In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.
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I am often criticized for spending too much time off the ice, but if you were in my shoes, you'd see how necessary it is.
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I definitely feel like I'm more of an artist than an athlete. But I'm good at both.
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I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.
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I'm different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. But I have had some success I hope I have touched the lives of some wonderful people, all by being what I see as myself but some others people see as different.
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To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.
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It's really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won't. But I'm strong enough to deal with that. I own that I'm freakish in my way.
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I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.
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I design all of my costumes. I like to go out there and feel like I have contributed to every part of what I do. I choose the music, the choreographer, I've obviously chosen my coach, my costumes - all if that falls under my realm of power, my realm of influence.
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I'm going to be a happy housewife. I'm going to be washing boxers and cooking and doing all those sorts of housewife duties. I just want to be happy and proud of every single day.
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The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.
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Masculinity is what you believe it to be. I think masculinity and femininity is something that's very old-fashioned. There's a whole new generation of people who aren't defined by their sex or race or who they like to sleep with.
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To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.
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Nothing shocks me anymore. I've embraced men in thongs, I've embraced women with padded bras. I mean, I can embrace Larry King saying 'fierce.'
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My family, the support of my friends, the amount of people that have written and come up to me on the street and said, 'Thank you for representing us,' and Adam Lambert, and Lady Gaga, that's been amazing.
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Out of ugly, make something beautiful.
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I drink Vitamin Water nonstop - I should have an IV.
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Creating emotion was what my career was all about. I wanted people to laugh at me I wanted people to cry with me. I wanted people to feel good or to think about something when they watched me. I think that's why, even not being an Olympic champion, I have such a huge following around the world.
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