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• You have the dreams that you want, and then you have to do other jobs until you can get to that dream.

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• Yeah, and I recently had my first Elvis moment. A gang of young girls was jumping all over me. It was kinda scary. And totally flattering.

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• With dancing, you have to know spatial movement with somebody. It is steps. It’s literally steps and knowing how close to be or how far away. You have to have the beat in the right place with the camera.

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• Well, the first and only time I went hunting, I shot a deer, and it mortified me. I just couldn’t do it again. But I know a lot about guns, so I go to the gun range and stuff like that with friends sometimes.

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• Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I’m happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look – it’s useable, functional muscle.

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• There are so many things I want to do. Like, I want to get an artist, a musician, a photographer, and a bunch of dancers that I know and just travel across Africa and just film it and just see what happens. Do and learn as much as I possibly can. Luckily, I have a lot more time.

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• The records that I like, they have life and warmth and soul in them. Like the slap back on Scotty Moore’s guitar on ‘Mystery Train.’ You’re not gonna get that in a computer. You’re gonna want a live room, you’re gonna wanna bounce the tape, you’re gonna want real musicians, in a room, vibin’ off of each other.

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• The film is a direct mirror of the director. If your director doesn’t know how to dress, there will be an aesthetic of the film that won’t come through – whether it’s in the costumes if he doesn’t know exactly what he wants or the look of the film.

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• That’s something I do, like, all the time. I just do backflips off things.

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• No one’s calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself.

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• My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

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• Jim Thorpe is someone I’ve always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I’d love to play him. And then there’s a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it’s sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through.

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• In the beginning, I would find a character I understood. That was my focus. Not now – but you basically get offered the exact same thing you just did. Which I find hilarious. I did ‘The Vow,’ and then I had every love story you can imagine thrown at me. And now I’m getting offers for comedies.

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• If my Dad doesn’t like you, you will know. My Mom is just too innocent to ever lie. She doesn’t even cuss.

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• I’ve been on so many movies. Generally, I haven’t gotten to be on the ground level. As of two years ago, in ‘Dear John,’ I got to really be on the ground floor. I wasn’t a producer. I felt like I put the work in, and I did have a lot of sway on what got fixed, reshoots, so on and so forth. It felt really good.

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• I’ve aways been good at picking up certain things, like sports and dancing.

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• I’m thankful for weird people out there ’cause they’re some of the most creative people.

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• I’m not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I’ve just decided to be non-political and very, very pro-soldier.

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• I’m not a comedian. I can play off of people, but I’m not that guy. I don’t want people being like, ‘Yeah, he should have stuck with drama.’ It would not be my choice to have critics mumbling that.

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• I would love to sing. I would love to do a musical, but I wouldn’t say that that singing is my strong suit.

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Channing Tatum (55)

Birth:	26th April, 1980
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Dancer, Model, Producer

About

Channing Matthew Tatum was born in Cullman, Alabama. He is an American actor, producer, dancer, and model. He made his film debut in the drama film Coach Carter. His breakthrough role was in the 2006 dance film Step Up, which introduced him to a wider audience. He has also appeared in the commercially successful romantic films Dear John and The Vow. His other films include She's the Man, The Dilemma, White House Down and Foxcatcher, for which he received critical praise.

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