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.
DOLPH LUNDGRENI discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
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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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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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I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.
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I 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 discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
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One day you’ll understand the sheer awesomeness that is me.
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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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It was fun to talk too much as Jebediah Woodley, to keep running your mouth whether the other characters want to hear it or not. That’s part of what made this guy fun.
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Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.
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Your body’s made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.
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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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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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Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he’s done some good action movies too.
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It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
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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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