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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.

Dolph Lundgren

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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Audience Character Neutral Play Straight Thinking Yourself
When I got cast in ‘Rocky IV,’ I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie.
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Camera Movie Myself
I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about 25 and it was a great way to express myself.
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Business Education Expression Greatness Master Myself Opportunity
One day you’ll understand the sheer awesomeness that is me.
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Awesome Day Myself Understand
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Movie People Stand Stare Yourself
In my career, whether it’s a big or a small movie, when I’ve worked on something for a long time, like [Ivan] Drago in Rocky IV, they start to take on a life of their own.
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Big Career Life Movie Myself Small Start
I try to keep the martial arts up. It’s a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.
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Art Goodness Martial Mindset Myself Physical
I think mortality makes you live a fuller existence. When I was a kid I was scared of death, and maybe that’s what made me desperate to get the most out of life.
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Death Desperate Existence Life Mortal Myself Scare Thinking
I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.
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Break Goodness Line Myself Yourself
I like the old school heavy metal bands like AC/DC and Aeromith. I like that type of music. As the director, I tried to influence the type of music the bands in the movie would play.
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Metal Movie Music Myself Old Play School
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Cardio Myself Need Role Weight
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Act Comfortable Deliver Edition Feeling Ideas Movie Performance Room Yourself
It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
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Born Character Development Time
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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Big Breathe Difference Meditation Myself Style
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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Audience Element Model Modeling Myself Person Role Start
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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Help Lost Myself People Substance

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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