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Gina Carano [1982-0] American
Rank: 102
Actress


Gina Joy Carano is an American actress, television personality, fitness model, and former mixed martial artist.
Carano began her training with straight Muay Thai to competitive MMA, where she competed in Strikeforce and EliteXC. 

Experience, Morning, Respect



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I don't mind answering any questions, because I'm not just a fighter. I'm a lot more than that.
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I think there's a part in each one of us that wants the impossible to happen, and that's what surprises are.
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A lot of people enjoyed the film 'Haywire' and a lot of people have mixed feelings on it but regardless, a lot of people have said really wonderful things about it being my first experience, that the fighting they absolutely enjoyed. So I think I've gotten a lot more fans, actually. Experience
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I wake up every morning and I surprise myself. I wake up to a new me. Morning
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I think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know I love distance, I love technique.
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I know I don't look like the skinny slender model. I know I look a little different but people like to watch me for some reason. It feels good and I'm humbled by it.
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Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control. Respect
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You shouldn't be greedy. You should feel good about yourself and not be greedy of what other people have.
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I have gotten some of the most beautiful experiences that a person can possibly ask for so I'm not at all complaining.
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It's a very big deal to me to remain the same person because I know all of this is going to be gone one day and I'm just going to have myself.
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You want to get better even after people smash you down. You want to be better than you were before.
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I definitely don't want to be one of those athletes who turns into a cheesy actress.
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I like fighting because it's honest.
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When I throw a punch, I mean it.
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Well you know, I have the utmost respect for people like Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldana in 'Colombiana. '
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My knowledge of video games ends with Nintendo 'Mario Bros.'
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The ultimate first date? Something that is completely out of the ordinary - go crazy, because first dates are always a little awkward, so do something a little extreme.
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I want people to see me for who I am and not for how someone else is trying to promote me.
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I know I'm always rooting for the underdog in a fight, and I love to be constantly surprised.
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I was always bigger than the other girls. My sisters are very, very beautiful and very skinny, and I've always had a more muscular body. So I grew up with a different mentality.
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My first fight. I fought a girl that was a little bit heavier, a little bit more experienced and I was petrified because I didn't know what I was getting myself into. And I did really well against her and nobody believed it was my first fight.
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On 'American Gladiators,' I got to pummel a lot of people off a pyramid with a giant Q-tip. It was so much fun to wrestle people with no risk of getting knocked out or choked out.
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I am always training because I love it.
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It's a constant battle for everybody, but you need to be happy with yourself.
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I am not a violent person. I actually don't like to hurt people.
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The guys I date always want to test my strength and wrestle around. By the end, they're drenched in sweat.
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There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.
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My last fight wasn't the way I wanted it to go so there is a hole there; don't count me out.
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Fighting is my career, it's what I love to do, but I am taking offers and trying to expand because the more I expand myself, the more valuable I become to promoters.
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I don't get paid what people think I get paid for fighting.
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I find that whoever you are as a person is how you're gonna fight, and every basic instinct kind of comes out at that moment.
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I didn't really watch action films growing up! I grew up on stuff like 'Anne of Green Gables' - that was more when I was in elementary school. It was all I ever watched.
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Sometimes, you get portrayed the way you don't want to be portrayed.
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My mom used to tell me: 'It's not what you weigh; it's what you look like.'
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I've had cameras on me since I started the art of fighting and I think that I'm used to having cameras on me in adrenaline-type situations.
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Fighting is very physical and extreme and you're very vulnerable. It's a very mental type of thing.
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Of course, fighting is not going to be as graceful as movie fighting. I don't like it to be ugly and I don't like it to be one big brawl or people clobbering each other.
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I'm really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base.
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Everybody is their own critic.
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When I enjoy doing something, I don't mind if it hurts.
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