It looks like I’m this huge shark going in for the kill… I don’t know what I was thinking.

Meaning of the quote

This quote suggests that the celebrity David Gest felt like he was acting in an aggressive or predatory way, but he didn't really understand why he was behaving that way. It's like he was a huge shark about to attack its prey, but he couldn't explain his own actions. The quote shows that sometimes people can do things without fully understanding their own motivations or thinking things through.

About David Gest

David Gest was an American producer and television personality who founded the American Cinema Awards Foundation in 1983. He produced the 2001 TV special ‘Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration’ and appeared on reality shows like ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ and ‘Celebrity Big Brother 17’.

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If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

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She got the magazine on a Wednesday morning, and on Thursday announced our marriage was over.

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If you’re a man, you don’t have to worry about your manliness.

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She’d hit me before but never over and over and over and over into the head.

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I don’t have to announce all the women I’ve slept with.

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And Michael likes to read a lot. People don’t realize that about him but he reads a number of books per week and he’s fascinated just about every subject.

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No, but Liza took went and took away from me, possibly my livelihood.

David Gest

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I was naive enough to think that I could make the difference.

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I’m into women. I’ve always loved women.

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But she told me she was never going to drink again.

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I did try to leave, and she came running after me.

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I never had migraines. Never had migraines.

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