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.
DOLPH LUNDGRENI 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.
DOLPH LUNDGRENI 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.
DOLPH LUNDGRENWhen 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 LUNDGRENI suppose I will try to enjoy my life now while I have it. Who knows what’s going to happen in the future?
DOLPH LUNDGRENYou can’t give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore. You beat on them, and they continue to stand there staring at you. That doesn’t work. People just don’t buy that anymore.
DOLPH LUNDGRENWhen 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.
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.
DOLPH LUNDGRENI’m not going to freeze my body. One life is enough for me. Some people take this gamble. That someone will be able to bring them back in the future. I’m not going to do it.
DOLPH LUNDGRENKarate has helped me lots, otherwise I might have got lost in substance abuse or something like the things a lot of other people do.
DOLPH LUNDGRENThere are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s.
DOLPH LUNDGRENI used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.
DOLPH LUNDGRENIt takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.
DOLPH LUNDGRENBecause he’s a character who’s looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an interesting role for an actor.
DOLPH LUNDGRENFilm is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
DOLPH LUNDGRENI 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.
DOLPH LUNDGRENI 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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