John Travolta
John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer, and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotterand starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Feverand Grease. His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction, and he has since starred in films such as Face/Off, Swordfish, Wild Hogs and Hairspray...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth18 February 1954
CountryUnited States of America
John Travolta quotes about
From the time I was a kid, I had a wanderlust. I always wanted to travel, in any form - plane, train, boat, car, motorcycle. So I think that if I ever do have a mid-life crisis, I have all the toys to refer to quickly.
The first thing I ever rode when I was a kid was a motorcycle, so I knew how to drive a motorcycle before a car.
Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.
Playing President Clinton (in Primary Colors) was risky and challenging. Some people thought Saturday Night Fever was risky, because no one had danced in movies for years.
When all else fails, fresh tactics!
I wouldn't trade my career with anybody's. I'd trade a few movies with Tom Hanks - 'Apollo 13 and 'Forrest Gump' - but other than that, I love my career.
You gotta learn to laugh, it's the way to true love.
I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited.
One of the things about the whole Harley motorcycle culture is that it's a little bit renegade.
Everything is on its way to somewhere.
The upper echelon of the movie industry is easier to deal with and the work is much easier to accomplish because of this generosity of spirit and confidence that they instill in the group around them.
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.
He lives with his creativity in high gear.
Having kids is something you can't always do. Kids are like lightning. You grab that lightning when you can get it.