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If just one person, one child who is made to feel isolated, looks at me and sees that it is okay to be your own person and walk down your own path, then everything I have ever gone through will be worth it.

Johnny Weir

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Johnny Weir
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 2
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Coatesville
Pennsylvania
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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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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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When you have an audience standing and screaming the entire way through the short program and cheering every element you do, whether it's footwork, or spin, or a jump, to have that kind of emotion coming at you from every direction in the building, it's the most amazing sensation you can get as a sportsman.
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The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.
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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, 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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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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Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - television, radio, fashion, writing or deep-sea diving - is a blessing. It is also how I pay my bills and fund my own skating, as I don't have a sponsor or financial help from my federation.
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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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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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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 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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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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I showed myself a lesser version of myself that night, and I’m glad I learned from it.
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To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.
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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'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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I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.
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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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