At least once a week, I try to have one day where I have nothing planned so I can get up and just go back to bed and lay around and recharge my batteries.
DOLPH LUNDGRENMy 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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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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You get a bigger paycheck if you are the hero. There is something good about it.
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It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
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Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.
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I like Stallone, because he writes. He sits down with a blank page and comes up with another Rambo movie. That isn’t very easy for anybody. He’s made it successful on top of that.
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Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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My problem is that people get intimidated by someone big and beautiful like me. They hate to think I can be smart as well.
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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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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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