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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.

Dolph Lundgren

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Art Discover Martial Myself
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
I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Diet Exercise Follow Planning Yourself
It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Born Character Development Time
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
You really have to work hard to create a three-dimensional character. You have to rehearse and explore and take your time. You can’t just memorize your lines and do it on the fly.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Creation Exploration Fly Memories Work 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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Metal Movie Music Myself Old Play School
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Battery Day Myself Planning Time
I train about four or five times a week. I guess I am addicted to it. I also do a lot of martial arts. More than I have done in awhile. I like to go back to martial arts because it makes me feel good.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Addiction Art Feeling Goodness Martial Myself Time Training
The interesting thing about TV drama that’s kind of nice is, I’m just an actor. I’m doing my role.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Drama Interesting Kind Myself
People like to lay their whole life, and all of their own secrets out in front of the world. They make money off of it, and find satisfaction that way. I personally don’t believe in that. I think it can be hurtful to yourself and those around you.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Believe Hurt Life Money People Personal Secret World Yourself
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Deliver Instant Myself Play Role
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
Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Movie Thinking Yourself
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 LUNDGREN

Expression Learning Myself Planning Start Study
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Aura Energy Exhausting Learning Pay Radiation Thinking Tough Yourself

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 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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