Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Wayne Swayzewas an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. Having gained fame with appearances in films during the 1980s, Swayze became popular for playing tough guys and romantic lead males, gaining him a wide fan base with female audiences, and status as a teen idol and sex symbol...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 August 1952
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
dance primal
There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us.
growing-up kids redneck
You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.
dad believe warrior
I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.
mean opportunity men
Look at it! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, man! Let me go out there and let me get one wave, just one wave before you take me in. I mean, come on man, where I am I gonna go? Cliffs on both sides! I'm not gonna paddle my way to New Zealand! Come on, compadre. Come on!
challenges television north-and-south
If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.
hollywood feds fed-up
I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.
powerful passion caring
What's powerful about a love scene is not seeing the act. It's seeing the passion, the need, the desire, the caring, the fear.
cancer two people
If anybody had that cure out there like so many people swear to me they do, you'd be two things: you'd be very rich, and you'd be very famous. Otherwise, shut up.
cancer smoking
I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer.
children cancer want
I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
way pits bulls
When you are a pit bull, and you love what you do and you are going to continue to grow, that talent will find its way out.
inspirational dance crazy
I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy.
dance soul language
Dance is the pure language of the soul - it's been with us from the very beginning.
dance dancing soul
... a person who can connect with their partner, another human being who can connect with their soul − it's not just learning steps, it's about expressing something. I've found in dancing all my life that I can release something as a dancer that I can't in any other way...