What were some of actor Patrick Swayze memorable roadhouse quotes?
For a good long stretch in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Patrick Swayze was the go-to guy for Hollywood casting agents looking for a rugged action hero with heart and soul—deep, but not too deep. Whole websites and mini-cults have sprung up around Swayze’s Road House character, a philosophy major with a Zen-like understanding of when to fight and when to “be nice.” But Road House is just one tile in Swayze’s mosaic of manhood. Below are some key quotes that outline how anyone can become the dancin’-est, truckin’-est, surfin’-est tough guy on the block. How to be, in essence, “The Swayze.” “I’m not going to be a lawyer or a doctor—hell, I didn’t even finish high school—but I can play the game.” That’s what Swayze the hockey stud says in 1986’s Youngblood, establishing an aw-shucks humility that would carry on throughout his career, whether he’s playing a gigolo dancer who “comes from the streets” in Dirty Dancing or a burned-out screenwriter not talented enough to be a real writer in Fo
