Richard Simmons Quotes

I'm kind of desperately looking for those things that will... you know, sort of show my wilder side, in a way, my much more irreverent, badly behaved side.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.

Has it ever happened to you that you actually like a rogue more than a so-called honest citizen? Have you ever wondered why? I believe that this can only be so because a rogue is more original and more his own. He is what he is.

Zumbao' is a word that is not commonly used in mainstream America or even mainstream Latino America. For me, I needed a word that describes me as a performer, as an artist and that is just me wilding out and being crazy. I'm Zumbao.

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.

I don't do things for the response or for the controversy. I just live my life.

Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.

Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

My wild and free side unsettled some, and unwedged others.

What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into - it just means you're not a follower.

I'm weird, I do crazy things, it's not like the average norm.

I used to be frustrated about being called bohemian, but I don't really care now. If that's what you are, you should celebrate it.

There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.

You know those people in life who are a bit eccentric and larger than life or a bit odd? That their realm of possibility around them is larger than somebody who's called normal? What's normal for an oddball? They could start screaming in public. That's fun to play.

My goal is to be weirder than everybody else and hope that no one stops me. So far, no one has.

My point of view has always been a bit more offbeat.

'Hanna' doesn't maintain social norms. She doesn't have those boundaries. She speaks her mind and is very physical and funny.

I'm not refined, I'm raw and real and I wear what I want and I have always been so different and golf is not that way.

I was always more of a Lydia Deeds than a Disney Princess, so anything offbeat like that, I would love to be a part of.

My dad was a very unconventional Asian American man. He was very much not quiet, not shy, not passive. If he had to fart, he'd do it in the library. He did not care. He was like, 'I don't know these people. I'm uncomfortable, and I need to let it go.'

'Eleanor' was so much fun to write, because there's a brutal honesty about her. She's got no filters and no concept of social norms.

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal.

I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.

I'm probably going to forever be weird.