Chuck Wepner Quotes
I was six foot one inch when I started fighting, but with all the uppercuts I'm up to six foot five inches.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
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I don't categorize food as bad or a guilty pleasure.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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My job is to work hard and be honest with my character, and that's in my control. I can only try to give my best performance.
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To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.
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If it's going to go my way, it's going to go my way. I have to keep working hard.
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I am always embarrassed and a little awkward about receiving this sort of attention.
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They're trying to destroy my family, so I take great umbrage with that. And defeat is not an option. They picked a fight with a warlock.
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My parents have always been there to really support anything I wanted to do or learn - they provided the opportunity for me. I was very blessed in that sense.
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My wife, Sharon, and I started with nothing when we got married. I was driving a 1902 Pinto and eating off a card table.
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There's something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden. In a way, I feel that time doesn't exist in LA. Sometimes I don't know if it's February or April or October, because you're always sitting outside on the same patio, and it's 70 degrees.
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I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.'
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The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.
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No one in this body wants to see terrorism and the rule of force prevail in Iraq. Some on the other side say otherwise, but I believe they know better.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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I did all my fighting before the film started. I fought for the best director, the best lighting man. I was always conscious of how I looked.
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I would not call myself an optimist, even though I would aspire to be. I am innately a skeptic. There's kind of an incessant dissatisfaction that I have, that I'm always trying to either expose or fight against or wrestle with.
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I was six foot one inch when I started fighting, but with all the uppercuts I'm up to six foot five inches.
