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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
Inspired
Create
Culture
Art
Earth
Always
Things
Costume
Time
Costumes

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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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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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I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.
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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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There are some things I keep sacred. My middle name. Who I sleep with. And what kind of hand moisturizer I use.
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I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.
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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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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'd say in general, my style is Johnny Weir style. It's my style. I can't classify it as anything else.
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The booing and the drama help make the Olympics interesting, but at what cost? When will people finally get tired of it and start watching the X-Games or competitive tire rolling instead?
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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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I wouldn't participate in 'Stars on Ice' if I were asked. I find it an amateurish tour in a way, the production quality.
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Finding someone to share your life with is one of the most important things a human can do and was preached to me by my mother.
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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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I drink Vitamin Water nonstop - I should have an IV.
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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 think being in the public eye can only help me launch into the world of fashion.
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You only live once. Life is a show
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To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.
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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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