John Barrowman Quotes

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• I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.

  John Barrowman

  Song, Positivity, People

  John Barrowman (2009). “Anything Goes: The Autobiography”, p.6, Michael O'Mara Books

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• Never apologize for being nerdy, because un-nerdy people never apologize for being assholes.

  John Barrowman

  People, Apologizing, Geek

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• Honestly, the world can be a dark enough place. Light it up.

  John Barrowman

  Dark, Light, World

  John Barrowman (2009). “Anything Goes: The Autobiography”, p.64, Michael O'Mara Books

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• I’m an openly gay man playing an omnisexual hero, who is loved on both sides of the Atlantic. How could I not be proud of that?

  John Barrowman

  Hero, Gay, Men

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• I would love to lecture to women on men. I'd tell them everything about men: gay, straight, bi, how we're all the same, how we're all bastards.

  John Barrowman

  Gay, Men, Lectures

  "What I know about men" by Morwenna Ferrier, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2008.

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• I do tend to eat healthily most of the time, but I don't restrict myself. I believe in eating anything and everything in moderation and doing some exercise.

  John Barrowman

  Believe, Exercise, Anything And Everything

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I am not one of those actors who dwells on the histrionics and the subtext and future text of the character. I deal with the scenes that I'm doing at that specific time, because if I do that, they play in more of a real way.

  John Barrowman

  Real, Character, Play

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There's a lot of me in Captain Jack and there's a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended.

  John Barrowman

  Captains, Pun, Captain Jack

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I would wish that people would accept people for who they are, not be judgemental, allow people to live their lives and enjoy themselves and that would be my wish for people.

  John Barrowman

  People, Judgemental, Wish

  "A Taste of My Life (John Barrowman)". Talk-Show, March 13, 2007.

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• Some people are gay. Get over it!

  John Barrowman

  Gay, People, Over It

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• Many things shaped my identity as a young boy: a strong selfworth (something that was instilled in all three Barrowman siblings by our parents), my immersion in theatre and music, and my DNA. I was born gay. It's not a choice I – or anyone else who is gay – made. If it were, why on earth would anyone choose to be part of a minority, part of a group that in so many cultures and countries, even in the twenty-first century, is regularly blasphemed, hounded and worse?

  John Barrowman

  Country, Strong, Sibling

  John Barrowman (2009). “Anything Goes: The Autobiography”, p.47, Michael O'Mara Books

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• For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is.

  John Barrowman

  Reason, Middle, Knows

  "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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• I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery and I remember taking the bow and arrow and firing it up and across the street into a car parking lot.

  John Barrowman

  School, Archery, Class

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

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• I think my biggest appeal for fans is probably the fact that I'm honest. I'm up front about who I am. I'm a little naughty. I have a naughty side and everybody knows that. But I know when to use that and when not to.

  John Barrowman

  Naughty, Thinking, Who I Am

  "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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• I'm not one of those actors who likes to analyze things too much, so I trust what the writers are doing with the characters, in order to give them their journey. My job is to come in and try to make those words on the page come alive on camera.

  John Barrowman

  Jobs, Character, Journey

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't feel sorry for myself, because I'm living my dream. Even when I was a little boy I used to stand in the playground and pretend I was on 'Opportunity Knocks.'

  John Barrowman

  Dream, Sorry, Boys

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• Love is love, no matter who you fall in love with, love is love, it can be painful, it can be wonderful.

  John Barrowman

  Falling In Love, Love Is, Matter

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• Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.

  John Barrowman

  Shy, Born, Type

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• Never apologize for being nerdy.

  John Barrowman

  Apologizing, Nerdy

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• You know, every year 'Torchwood' has become something a little different than it was before. It's still sci-fi, but it doesn't just deal with spaceships and aliens all the time, because we've done that. Our science fiction is more psychological.

  John Barrowman

  Years, Different, Fiction

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• We get the scripts before the table read, but I don't look at them until we go into the table read. I don't want to know, when I'm playing a moment in the current episode, what's going to happen because it might change how I'm playing that.

  John Barrowman

  Looks, Tables, Want

  "John Barrowman, Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim Tease Tonight’s ARROW and Beyond". Interview, collider.com. February 25, 2015.

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• If you put a label on yourself, people will pigeonhole you.

  John Barrowman

  People, Labels, Ifs

  Source: www.avclub.com

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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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• If you do something and it goes wrong, you learn from it and you move on.

  John Barrowman

  Moving, Ifs

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• I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about "the character," and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality.

  John Barrowman

  Character, Thinking, Play

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

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