Actor
John
Travolta
claims
his
famous
dance
with
the
late
Princess
Diana
saved
his
career.
The
'Saturday
Night
Fever'
star
admits
his
roles
were
few
and
far
between
until
images
of
him
and
the
princess
swirling
around
a
ballroom
in
1985
were
shown
around
the
world.
John
is
quoted
by
Britain's
Daily
Mirror
newspaper
as
saying:
"That
was
an
amazing
moment
because
I
was
having
a
dip
in
my
career
and
no-one
was
interested
in
me.
Suddenly
I
was
the
only
thing
that
mattered
in
America
to
Princess
Diana
and
I
was
reborn.
I
was
like,
'Wow!
I
matter
to
someone
again.'
Excitedly
he
said,
"I
was
on
the
cover
of
every
newspaper
and
magazine
in
the
world
and
someone
as
significant
as
Princess
Diana
reminded
everyone
of
me.
It
was
a
wonderfully
special
moment
of
her
fulfilling
a
dream
and
giving
me
a
new
value."
The
dance
took
place
at
the
White
House
after
First
Lady
Nancy
Reagan
-
the
wife
of
then
US
President
Ronald
Reagan
-
took
John
aside
and
told
him
Diana
wanted
a
dance.
He
then
plucked
up
the
courage
to
ask
her
to
dance
as
the
guests
at
the
glittering
gala
looked
on.
He
said:
"I
looked
her
in
the
eye
and
said,
'We're
good.
I
can
do
this.'
" Since
his
dance
with
Diana,
who
was
tragically
killed
in
a
Paris
car
crash
in
1997,
the
53-year-old
actor's
career
has
soared.
John
has
starred
in
the
award-winning
'Pulp
Fiction',
'Swordfish'
and
'Broken
Arrow'.