Johnny Knoxville quotes
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“I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn't.”
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“I'm not looking to lose anything. I'm looking to continue making movies.”
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“You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind.”
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“My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As soon as they left the room after putting me back in they'd hear a big bump and I'd be on the floor again.”
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“People think by challenging me they're going to show they're tough. But I'm not tough. Decent drinker. Not such a bad kisser. But not a great fighter.”
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“I do get obsessed with constantly thinking of ideas, all day long, but that's just how it is.”
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“I'm lucky enough to be with someone, and I am happy.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "Johnny Knoxville, Naomi Nelson Welcome Baby Boy" by Cara Alwill, www.mtv.com. December 23, 2009.
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“Everyone gets hurt, but I've probably had the most injuries.”
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“I have a whole slew of doctors. I can count eight in my phone right now - eight different doctors, all for different parts of my body. I have specialists.”
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“Suffering will get you great footage. I don't know about closer to God. Although there have been times when I've suffered to the point where I think I might be about to meet him.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "The Stars of Jackass 3D On God, Cancer, and Homosexuality". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.vanityfair.com. October 14, 2010.
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“I'm the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.”
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“People go to car races to watch the crashes.”
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“I want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.”
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“Being a complete juvenile delinquent helped me grow up a little.”
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“People try to challenge me in bars every now and then. As long as they're not physical I just walk away, but if they get physical then I just end up in a fight.”
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“Everything you see on screen is real. By doing what we do, there's naturally going to be a lot of grimacing. And whimpering.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "The Stars of Jackass 3D On God, Cancer, and Homosexuality". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.vanityfair.com. October 14, 2010.
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“I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em.”
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“I think everyone roots for the underdog.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "The school of hard Knox" by J Rentilly, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2002.
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“A couple days before the stunts, if I'm doing something particularly dangerous, I will go over every worst-case scenario in my head, like this could happen, this could happen, this could happen, this could happen. I try to think about that to where it's ingrained in me.”
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“Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "The school of hard Knox" by J Rentilly, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2002.
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“I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance.”
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“It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible.”
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“I'm so uncoordinated, I can't really do that much, so my specialty is standing in one spot or holding on to something, like an exploding rocket or a jetski.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "Johnny Knoxville's house of pain" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2010.
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“I actually got stabbed at my friend's bachelor party. In real life.”
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“I think I'm a little concussed.”
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“You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump?”
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“What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.”
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“It's unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It's common sense, really.”
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“I don't remember the first stunt I ever did.”
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“I was a really bad kid. Then, I got sweet as I got older.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera Interview JACKASS 3D". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 12, 2010.
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“Doctors have told me I have a high pain threshold, but I can only know what I feel. I think I'm good at minimising the pain and being indifferent to it.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "Johnny Knoxville's house of pain" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2010.
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“A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.”
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“I have a full grown, semi-nude man bound with duct tape in my truck and I was trying to get out to the desert to bury him. How do I get to 5 South?”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "Jackass". Action, Comedy, Reality-TV, www.imdb.com. (2000–2002).
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“If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.”
-- Johnny KnoxvilleSource : "Johnny Knoxville for “The Dukes of Hazzard”". Interview with Kellvin Chavez, www.darkhorizons.com. April 22, 2005.
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“I just try to think of all the things that could go wrong so in that split second when it happens, maybe your body reacts in a way where it protects you just a little.”
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