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I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me.

Johnny Weir

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Johnny Weir
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 2
Actor
Figure Skater
Coatesville
Pennsylvania
Art
Earth
Always
Things
Costume
Time
Costumes
Inspired
Create
Culture

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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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Every little boy should be so lucky as to turn into me.
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I drink Vitamin Water nonstop - I should have an IV.
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I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.
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The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.
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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'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.
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Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.
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I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that indeed I am a man.
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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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I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.
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I'm a tough person. I wasn't afraid of other kids because I understood that someday they'd wash my car.
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I’ve held onto Ugg boots. I will never graduate to Crocs, but Ugg boots are always and forever. That’s my fashion stepchild.
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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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I think being in the public eye can only help me launch into the world of fashion.
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In spite of all the skills that I do have, to relate to the normal world I have no applicable skills. I can speak Russian, I can speak French. I know about Chanel. Especially vintage Chanel. I know what Halston is. All of these things, but they can't really be applied to a nine-to-five.
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