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 LUNDGRENIf 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.
More Dolph Lundgren Quotes
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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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I suppose I will try to enjoy my life now while I have it. Who knows what’s going to happen in the future?
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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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Because he’s a character who’s looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor.
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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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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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Your body’s made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.
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I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.
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I’ve drank more beer and pissed more blood and banged more women than all you numb nuts put together!
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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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Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.
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I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.
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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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I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.
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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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