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I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the athletes are concerned.

Johnny Weir

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Johnny Weir
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 2
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Coatesville
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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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For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I'm not a big strong guy. I'm not interested in fighting or throwing punches or balling my hands in fists all day. I'm not interested in guns, I'm not interested in football or stereotypically masculine things, so I'm going to skate in a fashion that is manly for Johnny Weir.
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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 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 would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.
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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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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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I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I would flail my arms and kick up my legs.
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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'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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To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.
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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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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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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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I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.
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I’m good when I’m alone. I’m comfortable when I’m alone. I can sit and do lots of things all by myself. Sex included.
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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 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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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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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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