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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’ve drank more beer and pissed more blood and banged more women than all you numb nuts put together!
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Blood Drink Myself Togetherness Woman
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
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
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
Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
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Movie Thinking Yourself
Jebediah Woodley is one of those guys that when I’m sitting in my rocking chair one day, thinking back, I’ll remember that guy. He was a fun guy to play.
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Himself Play Remember Rock Thinking Weapon
I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.
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Diet Exercise Follow Planning 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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Aura Energy Exhausting Learning Pay Radiation Thinking Tough 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
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
Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don’t mess with him.
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Director Himself Mess Tough Yourself
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.
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Act Comfortable Deliver Edition Feeling Ideas Movie Performance Room 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
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.
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Champion Father Hard Mentor Myself Name Relationship
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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Discover Feeling Goodness Martial Myself Need Quite Safety
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

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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