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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.

Dolph Lundgren

I prefer to channel my problems and inner demons through a character. Another persona. That protects me and my family. I can get my frustrations out that way.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Character Demon Frustration Myself Preference Problem Way
Because he’s a character who’s looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Actor Character Himself Identity Role
Everybody’s life has some mythical quality. You struggle against obstacles, you fight to get to a higher level and there are great loves.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Greatness Level Life Love Mythic Obstacle Quality Struggle Yourself
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 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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Afraid Children Close Exercise Myself School Tension
My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Champion Father Hard Mentor Myself Name Relationship
Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don’t mess with him.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Director Himself Mess Tough Yourself
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
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Help Lost Myself People Substance
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 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
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Better Character End Play Real Try Yourself
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Death Desperate Existence Life Mortal Myself Scare Thinking
I’ve drank more beer and pissed more blood and banged more women than all you numb nuts put together!
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Blood Drink Myself Togetherness Woman
It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Born Character Development Time
One day you’ll understand the sheer awesomeness that is me.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Awesome Day Myself Understand

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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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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