I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in Chicago, where sports are really the norm. I was always off to the theater at night, from 7 years old on. Friends there in the Midwest who could talk to you about the idiosyncrasies of 'Pippin' were few and far between. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports we were all big into sports as kids, and he'd go to our Little League games or whatever and not really know what was going on, because he didn't know about sports, but he knew about wrestling. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The 'Sports Illustrated' cover was the last thing I shot. That week, I told my agent, 'You know what, I really... I don't want to be a model anymore. I really want to do movies.' And I think he wanted to wring my neck at the moment. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Academics often discount the value of top-rated sports programs in helping to develop a campus life and in contributing to the overall success of a college or university. Like it or not, the sports programs a college or university has are the front page of that university. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I just think that sports movies have such a built-in visceral, rooting interest, an epic win or lose redemptive quality. When they get it right, it can make for a really rousing movie experience. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>