When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I’d really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.
DOLPH LUNDGRENThe interesting thing about TV drama that’s kind of nice is, I’m just an actor. I’m doing my role.
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You really have to work hard to create a three-dimensional character. You have to rehearse and explore and take your time. You can’t just memorize your lines and do it on the fly.
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Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don’t mess with him.
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Because he’s a character who’s looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor.
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I suppose I will try to enjoy my life now while I have it. Who knows what’s going to happen in the future?
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I mean there’s still also an element of the audience looking for role models. In my day, when I started, if you were an action hero, you were a little bit of a role model like the person.
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I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
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You get a bigger paycheck if you are the hero. There is something good about it.
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Unless you’re playing a real character based on a real person, if someone else has done it before, you’re probably better off not watching it as an actor. Otherwise you end up trying to copy someone else.
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My problem is that people get intimidated by someone big and beautiful like me. They hate to think I can be smart as well.
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As a hero, you have to play it straight. The audience is going to live through you, so you have to be more neutral. They will be projecting their thoughts and their actions onto the main character.
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When you are acting in a film, you have no idea what scene the editor is going to choose. For instance, after you have directed, you feel more comfortable delivering a performance. Because you know the real performance is put together in the editing room.
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I’ve drank more beer and pissed more blood and banged more women than all you numb nuts put together!
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My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me.
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You can’t give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore. You beat on them, and they continue to stand there staring at you. That doesn’t work. People just don’t buy that anymore.
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Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.
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