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It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.

Dolph Lundgren

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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Audience Element Model Modeling Myself Person Role Start
I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about 25 and it was a great way to express myself.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Business Education Expression Greatness Master Myself Opportunity
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
I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Break Goodness Line Myself Yourself
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Body Enough Freeze Future Life Myself
I try to keep the martial arts up. It’s a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Art Goodness Martial Mindset Myself Physical
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Competition Father Lose Martial Myself Pressure Teen
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 LUNDGREN

Clothes Fashion Feeling Myself Right Young
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Director Life Normal Ordinary Religious Spiritual
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
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Himself Play Remember Rock Thinking Weapon
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
I do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Big Breathe Difference Meditation Myself Style
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
I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Fun Instrument Myself Talk

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