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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.

Dolph Lundgren

I do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Big Breathe Difference Meditation Myself Style
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Afraid Children Close Exercise Myself School Tension
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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Character Demon Frustration Myself Preference Problem Way
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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Enjoyment Fulfill Future Life Myself Utilize
You really have to work hard to create a three-dimensional character. You have to rehearse and explore and take your time. You can’t just memorize your lines and do it on the fly.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Creation Exploration Fly Memories Work 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.
DOLPH LUNDGREN

Discover Feeling Goodness Martial Myself Need Quite Safety
You 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.
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Movie People Stand Stare Yourself
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
One day you’ll understand the sheer awesomeness that is me.
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Awesome Day Myself Understand
I’ve drank more beer and pissed more blood and banged more women than all you numb nuts put together!
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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
Film is about what you are thinking. It’s about what’s inside.
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Movie Thinking Yourself
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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Act Age Character Digital Evolution Picture Play Sharp Style
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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Art Goodness Martial Mindset Myself Physical
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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Athlete Greatness Shape Time Work
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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