Dwayne Johnson Quotes
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Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards - a massive star.
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What I like to do is get the family in the pick-up truck... and then we just go for a drive. That's it!
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When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood - and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii.
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I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you're not alone.
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I grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn't open. The only thing I had was cracks. I'd do everything to get through those cracks - scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it's as big as a garage.
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For 'Hercules,' I went for the demigod look: big and mean. When you're playing a character like the son of Zeus, you only get one shot.
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Come on, you can't name a truck after a chick.
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I was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years - since I was a kid. When I first broke into Hollywood, 'Hercules' was one of the movies that I - not chased, because I didn't have the power to chase anything - but always had in the back of my mind.
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The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women's cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.
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I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.
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As we all know, sequels can be tricky.
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I can hold my own when it comes to burping. I've got a good feeling that I could win a championship.
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For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to 'mince about' was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of!
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I've been through natural disasters. I lived down in Miami and was down there for Hurricane Andrew which was a Category 5. There were members of my family that thought they were going to die. Everyone was in the bathtub.
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The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself.
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You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you.
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The sexiest thing that a woman can do, wear, and say all fall under one word to me: subtlety. To be subtle in the things that she does and the things she says and the things she wears - I appreciate the details.
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I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like.
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In the '60s and '70s and early '80s, the trainers would grind you, and eventually they would break something - they would break an ankle in ways that it would heal. It was just the way of the business, to ensure that you learned respect for wrestling.
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But being on location and shooting, whether its in Puerto Rico or Atlanta, it always reminds me of how really cool my job can be. Interacting with the fans is one of the best parts of it.
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I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.
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I think that always makes it fun, trying to create a heroic character and putting your own twist on it and injecting your own personality into it.
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I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.
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If I had to describe myself to an alien I'd say I was bigger than the average human, enjoy a drink or two with a good meal and have a bigger head than most. I'd also say I'm really handsome - especially if they were a female alien.