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.
DOLPH LUNDGRENMy 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 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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There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s.
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I’ve never had a good line. Well, maybe ‘I must break you’.
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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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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 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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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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It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
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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.
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You get a bigger paycheck if you are the hero. There is something good about it.
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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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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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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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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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