I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.
DOLPH LUNDGRENI discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe.
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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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When I was a kid, I was like everyone else: afraid of getting nuked. We had drills in school – Sweden was very close to the Soviet Union. There was definitely a lot of tension.
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One day you’ll understand the sheer awesomeness that is 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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I’m not going to freeze my body. One life is enough for me. Some people take this gamble. That someone will be able to bring them back in the future. I’m not going to do it.
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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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You get a bigger paycheck if you are the hero. There is something good about it.
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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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You realize as a director that when you are cutting a film, you want to have alternatives. You need color and choices. You don’t want four takes that are identical.
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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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I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.
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Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
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I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel strong.
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Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he’s done some good action movies too.
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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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