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Because he’s a character who’s looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor.

Dolph Lundgren

In the normal life of an actor or director, running around, there’s not much time to go to church. But there’s other ways to be spiritual, too.
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Director Life Normal Ordinary Religious Spiritual
There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s.
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Athlete Greatness Shape Time Work
I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
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Art Discover Martial Myself
I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.
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Diet Exercise Follow Planning Yourself
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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Act Age Character Digital Evolution Picture Play Sharp Style
Jackie Chan, I’ve known him, he’s a great guy. I know he’s very watchable and fun. He’s perfect, actually.
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Greatness Guy Known Myself Perfection Personal
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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Afraid Children Close Exercise Myself School Tension
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.
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Deliver Instant Myself Play Role
Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don’t mess with him.
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Director Himself Mess Tough Yourself
Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
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Movie Thinking Yourself
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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Allergy Chance Children Feeling Sick Strong
Unless you’re playing a real character based on a real person, if someone else has done it before, you’re probably better off not watching it as an actor. Otherwise you end up trying to copy someone else.
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Better Character End Play Real Try Yourself
I like Stallone, because he writes. He sits down with a blank page and comes up with another Rambo movie. That isn’t very easy for anybody. He’s made it successful on top of that.
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Blank Easy Himself Page Success Writing
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
Because he’s a character who’s looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor.
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Actor Character Himself Identity Role
Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he’s done some good action movies too.
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Action Actor Greatness Himself Movie
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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Body Enough Freeze Future Life Myself
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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Fun Man Mouth Run Talk Yourself
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.
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Addiction Art Feeling Goodness Martial Myself Time Training
When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I’d really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.
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Competition Father Lose Martial Myself Pressure Teen
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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Enjoyment Fulfill Future Life Myself Utilize
I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.
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Break Goodness Line Myself 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
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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Alternative Color Director Identity Yourself
You get a bigger paycheck if you are the hero. There is something good about it.
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Big Goodness Hero Money Yourself
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
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

Because he’s a character who’s looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor.

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