Laurel Van Ness Quotes

Laurel Van Ness

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : April 4, 1991

I was lucky to find a way to get a visa as an independent worker, which is hard to do. On top of that, I do live in the States, which means I'm not 'taking my skills back to Canada.'

Laurel Van Ness

In wrestling, I don't consider it acting because it's improv.

Laurel Van Ness

I love wrestling, but now wrestling is a job, it's my livelihood. Sometimes the job takes over and you forget to have fun and you forget to be creative and try new things.

Laurel Van Ness

I am glad the world opened their eyes to female Japanese stars. I think people for so long paid attention to Mexico, Canada, Australia and England and never Japan.

Laurel Van Ness

I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.

Laurel Van Ness

It's very hard when you start working as a wrestler to try and stop doing things that are second nature. For me, when I take a move and start selling, that is second nature for me.

Laurel Van Ness

I don't think you can understand everything that goes into being a superstar because even I don't understand everything. I think we're all learning as we go.

Laurel Van Ness

There's no offseason in this business. I'm just going to make sure I train my butt off in and out of the ring.

Laurel Van Ness

I swear to you, any question you can have about moves, psychology, gimmicks, the history of Pro Wrestling, he knows. Lance Storm is an encyclopedia of wrestling knowledge.

Laurel Van Ness

I had never seen a Pro Wrestling ring until I was maybe around grade 11.

Laurel Van Ness

I worked on trying to get to Mexico, which was the first thing that I really wanted to do, but a couple of my girlfriends thought that I should learn how to wrestle before I go to Mexico, so I should try out in Japan. That is how I kind of got over there in Japan.

Laurel Van Ness

Bound for Glory' week was such a whirlwind. With it being filmed in Canada, it was really exciting for me. Although it was on the East Coast and I'm from the West Coast, still felt like I was kind of in my hometown, I don't know.

Laurel Van Ness

I knew nothing about wrestling! Sometimes that's a great thing, and sometimes that really annoys people in this industry but that's the truth. I had no clue how to wrestle. I had to learn everything, absolutely everything. To start from the bottom.

Laurel Van Ness

On 'Tough Enough' you're in a house with your competitors, living, eating and breathing with them. That's really tough.

Laurel Van Ness

The name Laurel is such a strange choice because I think when you look at me there's not one person that says 'Oh yeah, I could see you as a Laurel.'

Laurel Van Ness

I used to live in Devon when I was 8 years old. My mum, my grandma, and grandpa are all British.

Laurel Van Ness

I found that when I went to the ring as a bad guy, people hated that I took care of myself. That I went to the gym, that I had hair extensions, that I put makeup on. They hated that I was a girly-girl. I thought, OK, I'm going to crank that up to 110 percent and make people really annoyed.

Laurel Van Ness

As you progress in your career, your character progresses and evolves.

Laurel Van Ness

I'd say I'm friends with 90 percent of the girls I meet.

Laurel Van Ness

It's like any normal job. There are people you butt heads with. The main thing is that while you might have difference of opinion, when you get into the ring you take care of each other and you don't try to hurt the other person.

Laurel Van Ness