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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.

Dolph Lundgren

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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Beautiful Big Hate Intimidation Myself People Problem Smart Thinking
One day you’ll understand the sheer awesomeness that is me.
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Awesome Day Myself Understand
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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Audience Character Neutral Play Straight Thinking Yourself
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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Blank Easy Himself Page Success Writing
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
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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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
I think by planning an exercise regime, your diet follows to some extent.
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Diet Exercise Follow Planning Yourself
It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
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In my career, whether it’s a big or a small movie, when I’ve worked on something for a long time, like [Ivan] Drago in Rocky IV, they start to take on a life of their own.
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Big Career Life Movie Myself Small Start
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
The acting style that has emerged from HD, because of the contrast and how sharp the picture is, it’s more neutrally played. The main character is very minamalistic. That’s what works in this digital age.
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Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don’t mess with him.
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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
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 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.
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