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When I started studying acting in New York, I didn’t plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt it was something I needed to try to do for myself, to express something, my inner pain, or something I couldn’t get out.

Dolph Lundgren

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 try to keep the martial arts up. It’s a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.
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Art Goodness Martial Mindset Myself Physical
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
I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
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Art Discover Martial 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
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
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
If I need to bulk up for a role, I will do more weights. If I need to slim down for something, I will do more cardio. That’s usually how it goes.
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Cardio Myself Need Role Weight
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
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.
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Clothes Fashion Feeling Myself Right Young
Everybody’s life has some mythical quality. You struggle against obstacles, you fight to get to a higher level and there are great loves.
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Greatness Level Life Love Mythic Obstacle Quality Struggle Yourself
I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.
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Diet Exercise Follow Planning Yourself
Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
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Movie Thinking Yourself
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.
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Character Demon Frustration Myself Preference Problem Way
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
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 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
The interesting thing about TV drama that’s kind of nice is, I’m just an actor. I’m doing my role.
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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.
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Help Lost Myself People Substance
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.
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Business Education Expression Greatness Master Myself Opportunity
I like being the villian. I don’t know if it has to do with my personality. You get to have a lot more fun as a villian. You don’t have to stick to the rules. You can be a lot crazier. You can go off the rails.
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Crazy Fun Personality Rule Stick 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
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 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
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

When I started studying acting in New York, I didn’t plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt it was something I needed to try to do for myself, to express something, my inner pain, or something I couldn’t get out.

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