I told my manager, 'If we can't do the things now that we want to do, what good is the power?... Let's test it and try to get the things done that we believe in.' John Travolta More Quotes by John Travolta More Quotes From John Travolta You come to work knowing you're going to do good work without any doubt. You can go where you need to go and nothing is wrong and you pick the rightnesses out. If something doesn't work, you let them go, but you don't hold onto those wrongnesses. You just hold onto the rightnesses, so it's a playing field that anyone would want and feel much more comfortable with. John Travolta knowing doubt needs At fifty you realize that you are no longer a kid. I ignored forty. It was like I was almost at middle age. Maybe it's the baby boomer thing. But undeniably, I am a man. I have to accept [mortality]. John Travolta baby men kids Well, I enjoy my life. You know, I think life is an art, and that one has to live it as an art. That's your choice. John Travolta choices art thinking I think my friend Tom Hanks knows me. He understands me very well. He’s always had a sort of parental feeling toward me. He knows I’m a big mush ball, which is just part of my personality. John Travolta personality feelings thinking America isn't as lucky as you guys (Europeans), who for the most part have this quality of food that keeps you slim. We're over-eaters in the United States by nature, with fast food and all this kind of thing. John Travolta quality guy america I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature. John Travolta privacy mind The women I liked when I was growing up, as a little boy, were Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, because they had these curvaceous figures, and they were erotic to me. John Travolta erotic growing-up boys If you're going to play a woman, you might as well play a woman that you liked, and someone sexy. John Travolta sexy play might I have 12 paintings of Kaufman art. He is an amazing artist. John Travolta painting artist art As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others. John Travolta helping-others teaching dream I've always thought of, of a relationship with an actor to an audience as a marriage, you know. And a story, you know. And there are ups and downs, and you work through them, and you work with them. John Travolta audience actors stories I believe in love and marriage, but not necessarily with the same person John Travolta naughty inspiration believe A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way you're thinking. John Travolta actors important thinking I actually do like playing off-beat people. I think it's more fun. John Travolta fun people thinking Having kids is something you can't always do. Kids are like lightning. You grab that lightning when you can get it. John Travolta having-kids lightning kids Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it. John Travolta good-writing writing mean Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses. John Travolta autism illness areas I've always had an innate ability to dance, but I'm not as spiffy as those cinema legends like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. John Travolta genes legends cinema And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him. John Travolta traps time For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad. John Travolta gentleman midnight names
