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I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.

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
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
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
You get a bigger paycheck if you are the hero. There is something good about it.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Big Goodness Hero Money Yourself
I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Fun Instrument Myself Talk
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
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 think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.
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Diet Exercise Follow Planning Yourself
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
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 got good grades in school, but I’m not sure if I’m smart or if it just means I can study. I’ve never taken one of those IQ tests, and I don’t want to. It’s so pointless. As long as you enjoy life and have fun and you’re healthy and happy, that’s what matters.
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Enjoyment Fun Goodness Grade Happiness Health Myself Point Result Smart Study
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 discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
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Art Discover Martial Myself
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
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
It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
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Born Character Development Time

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