John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, dancer, and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978). His acting career declined through the 1980s, but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in Pulp Fiction (1994), and he has since starred in films such as Face/Off (1997), Swordfish (2001), Wild Hogs and Hairspray (both 2007).

Travolta was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty. In 2014, he received the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema.

Early life

Travolta, the youngest of six children, was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of New York City. His father, Salvatore Travolta (November 1912 – May 1995), was a semi-professional American football player turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company. His mother, Helen Cecilia (née Burke; January 18, 1912 – December 1978), was an actress and singer who had appeared in The Sunshine Sisters, a radio vocal group, and acted and directed before becoming a high school drama and English teacher. His siblings, Joey, Ellen, Ann, Margaret, and Sam Travolta, have all acted. His father was a second-generation Italian American and his mother was Irish American; he grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood and has said that his household was predominantly Irish in culture. He was raised Roman Catholic, but converted to Scientology in 1975. Travolta attended Dwight Morrow High School, but dropped out as a junior at age 17 in 1971.

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Famous quotes by John Travolta:

"When all else fails, fresh tactics!"
"So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth."
"I called my son Jett and I wanted to call my daughter Qantas but my wife wouldn't let me."
"When I was a kid in the 60s, believe it or not, most of you are younger and don't know that, but it was a blast to fly! You dressed up, you got in your Sunday best, women wore white gloves, you had room to stretch your legs out, you had a very nice meal, the stewardess paid particular attention to you. It was an event. It's so different today."
"You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend."
"We really had a commitment to the firefighters to finally get this movie right. Especially after September 11. We really wanted to put our best foot forward and kind of leave our egos at the door and really be what these guys are, which are a lot of selfless wonderful men and women that want to help,"
"I wanted my own little airliner in the backyard, ... I'd have my girlfriends use their Brownie uniforms to be the flight attendants, and I was the captain and they would have to pretend they were serving people."
"He lives with his creativity in high gear."
"We've been friends for 28 or 29 years and we have always been there for each other no matter what. Thick or thin."
"We'd use IVF. It's not a big deal any more. Children are such a joy."
"It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time."

John Travolta

ALBUMS

This Christmas

Released 2012

Can't Let You Go

Released 2010

Never Gonna Fall In Love Again

Released 2010

Greatest Hits

Released 2006

You Set My Dreams to Music

Released 2001

Reflections of John Travolta

Released 1997

John Travolta Sings

Released 1996

The Best of John Travolta / Let Her In

Released 1996

Sandy

Released 1994

Gold

Greased Lightnin'

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Travolta Fever

by: John Travolta

Sun goes down on a silky day
And quarter moon walkinī through the Milky Way
Itīs you and me baby
We could think of somethinī to do, īcause
Itīs the right time of the night
The stars are winkinī above
And itīs the right time of the night
For makinī love
No use talkinī when the shadows fall
Nightbirdīs callinī and he says it all
And itīs me and you baby
We could think of somethinī to do
(Somethinī to do)
Hey, īcause
I got you and you got me
Honey, thatīs the way our momma
Always said it should be
Youīll be sweet, Iīll be kind
Weīll be bad, if you donīt mind
Yes...
Yes, itīs the right time of the night
The stars are winkinī above
And itīs the right time of the night
Oh baby, letīs make love
Yes, itīs the right time of the night
Baby, letīs make love
(The stars are winkinī above)
Baby, letīs make love
(Itīs the right time of the night)
Baby, letīs make love




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Boz Scaggs had been waiting a long time for a big record ... It hit No ... John Travolta was so enamored of “Lowdown” that he fought for it to be the soundtrack for one of his character Tony Manero’s spotlight dances in Saturday Night Fever ... Urban Cowboy ... ....

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Marvin “Marvie” Gregory Holbrook

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His all-time favorite, though, was Urban Cowboy with John Travolta—his go-to movie that captured his love for life and adventure ... He went on drives daily, often ending up at Long John Silver’s for his favorite meal—fish and shrimp ... Funeral Home ... .

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... known as the greasers) has been claimed and modified by one generation after another, substantially so when it was transformed into the 1978 film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

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Credit ... John Travolta and moon ownership. John Travolta, best known for his role in Grease and his passion for aviation, owns a plot of lunar land ... From piloting jets to owning land in space, Travolta continues to strengthen his connection to the skies.

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Over the past decade we’ve been whacked by “Gotti,” the turkey starring a freakish John Travolta, and “Capone,” the, er, capon with mumbly Tom Hardy ... a freakish John Travolta,” Oleksinski says.

Freakier Friday Is Already Giving Me Flashbacks To Another Recent Body Swap Movie Just From The Trailer

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There have only been a handful of body swap movies that have pulled off something refreshing – such as 1997’s classic action movie Face/Off (in which John Travolta and Nicolas Cage’s ...

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