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.
DOLPH LUNDGRENIf 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.
More Dolph Lundgren Quotes
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Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
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At least once a week, I try to have one day where I have nothing planned so I can get up and just go back to bed and lay around and recharge my batteries.
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The acting style that has emerged from HD, because of the contrast and how sharp the picture is, it’s more neutrally played. The main character is very minamalistic. That’s what works in this digital age.
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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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I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
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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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Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don’t mess with him.
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I’ve actually always been into suits. But I never really wore them, I guess because I was too young and it didn’t feel right.
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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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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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Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he’s done some good action movies too.
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I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.
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One day you’ll understand the sheer awesomeness that is me.
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I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.
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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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