Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he’s done some good action movies too.
DOLPH LUNDGRENEverybody’s life has some mythical quality. You struggle against obstacles, you fight to get to a higher level and there are great loves.
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First the movie, the actual playing of the role and trying to deliver what everybody wanted. Then, when the film came out, there was instant fame. I was just a kid from Sweden, I didn’t know what was going on.
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If I need to bulk up for a role, I will do more weights. If I need to slim down for something, I will do more cardio. That’s usually how it goes.
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You get a bigger paycheck if you are the hero. There is something good about it.
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Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.
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I like being the villian. I don’t know if it has to do with my personality. You get to have a lot more fun as a villian. You don’t have to stick to the rules. You can be a lot crazier. You can go off the rails.
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In the normal life of an actor or director, running around, there’s not much time to go to church. But there’s other ways to be spiritual, too.
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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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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 do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.
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When I started studying acting in New York, I didn’t plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt it was something I needed to try to do for myself, to express something, my inner pain, or something I couldn’t get out.
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Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
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Karate has helped me lots, otherwise I might have got lost in substance abuse or something like the things a lot of other people do.
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I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.
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One day you’ll understand the sheer awesomeness that is me.
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I think the energy I give off is quite non-confrontational. That’s something you learn from karate. Once you try to be a tough guy, you’ve got to pay up. You’ve got to prove yourself. And that’s exhausting.
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