John Barrowman Quotes - Page 2

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• I don't think nudity is a bad thing, I don't think people should be embarrassed about their bodies, and I don't mind whipping it out.

  John Barrowman

  Thinking, People, Mind

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• You can be in the public eye all the time and still have a private life, but the important thing is to keep in touch with the people who put you there.

  John Barrowman

  Eye, People, Important

  "Why Torchwood star and talent show judge John Barrowman would do anything for success". Interview with Michael Hellicar, www.dailymail.co.uk. April 11, 2008.

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• I don't call myself an actor, I call myself an entertainer, because I don't just do one thing.

  John Barrowman

  Actors, Entertainers, One Thing

  Interview with Christopher Bahn, tv.avclub.com. July 17, 2009.

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• What I can say that's different in American television… in Britain, they wouldn't cancel something after a couple of episodes. In the States they would. They would just decide it's not working, take it off and put something else in on the fall schedule.

  John Barrowman

  Couple, Fall, Different

  "‘Arrow’: John Barrowman talks archery, ‘Doctor Who’ anniversary". Interview with Patrick Kevin Day, herocomplex.latimes.com. December 12, 2012.

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• My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland USA, which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.

  John Barrowman

  Jobs, Kids, Firsts

  Interview with Christopher Bahn, tv.avclub.com. July 17, 2009.

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• I was the one who taught my sister and my niece how to walk in high heels.

  John Barrowman

  Niece, High Heels, Taught

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• My humour and my work ethic definitely come from my Scottish side, and I have to say the sense of humour doesn't really translate when I'm in America.

  John Barrowman

  America, Work Ethic, Sides

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• Fit men walking around and bathing, it would be just like being in Ancient Rome [on a footballers dressing room

  John Barrowman

  Men, Rome, Would Be

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• I'm a fan of comic books. I'm a nerd. I'm a geek. I'm all that stuff.

  John Barrowman

  Book, Nerd, Fans

  Source: collider.com

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• You have to do bad things in order to become a hero. You have to make sacrifices.

  John Barrowman

  Hero, Sacrifice, Order

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• The one thing that makes 'Torchwood' work so brilliantly and makes it a little bit above the rest of all other sci-fi dramas out there is that we have a sense of humour.

  John Barrowman

  Drama, Littles, Sci Fi

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• I have a real passion for driving. Earlier on in my life I wanted to be a race car driver. But I don't pay an extortionate amount of money for cars. I'm pretty frugal.

  John Barrowman

  Real, Passion, Race

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• It's taken me 30 years to get this way, and I don't intend to let go. I work hard, but I play hard, too, and that's the one part of me that nobody sees. But I intend to be around for a long time yet.

  John Barrowman

  Letting Go, Taken, Hard Work

  "Why Torchwood Star and Talent Show Judge John Barrowman Would Do Anything for Success". www.dailymail.co.uk. April 11, 2008.

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• When I go to Florida for Christmas I always take my nieces and nephews out on excursions, ... I become like a big kid again. We go on all the big rides at the theme parks or I stick them in go-karts where their feet can't quite reach the pedals. I think that if you can continue to have the child at heart you may grow old physically but you will stay young mentally.

  John Barrowman

  Children, Niece, Heart

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• When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

  John Barrowman

  Pilots, Airline, Wanted

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• I'm really passionate about pantomime because it is often the first introduction for a child to theatre, and if that child has a great experience at a pantomime they will continue to come year after year.

  John Barrowman

  Children, Years, Theatre

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• Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mount Vernon.

  John Barrowman

  House, Standing Out, Grew Up

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• When I was a kid growing up in the States in the late '70s and early '80s, as soon as 'Dallas' came on on a Friday night on CBS at 9 P.M., we stopped everything from that moment on as a family.

  John Barrowman

  Friday, Growing Up, Kids

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• Desperate Housewives' was a good experience, though, as I got to play the bad guy for once. My only complaint was they had me in a lot of sweaters.

  John Barrowman

  Play, Sweaters, Guy

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• As an actor, I only play what is in the moment, rather than in the future, but sometimes the past is more important than what is coming up in the future.

  John Barrowman

  Past, Play, Important

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I trust the [series] writers when I'm filming, because it's interesting for me to go in every week and see what's going to happen, and the challenge for me as the actor is to make it work.

  John Barrowman

  Interesting, Challenges, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• In everything I do, I find some of myself, or a lot of myself, and put it into the role.

  John Barrowman

  Roles

  "‘Arrow’: John Barrowman talks archery, ‘Doctor Who’ anniversary". Interview with Patrick Kevin Day, herocomplex.latimes.com. December 12, 2012.

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• I live my life openly and freely every day anyway, and do what I want to do, but I don't take any great risks.

  John Barrowman

  Risk, Want, Living My Life

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm one who will always speak my mind and say what I feel!

  John Barrowman

  Mind, Speak, Feels

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• I'm lively when I perform and I always put everything into a show, but when I get home I love lying down in front of the TV and relaxing.

  John Barrowman

  Lying, Home, Tvs

  "John Barrowman interview: Sometimes fans send me knickers, but I never send mine back". www.mirror.co.uk. August 8, 2011.

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