Dwayne Johnson Quotes
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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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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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My parents were dealing with evictions and repossessions and electricity getting shut off, and I just realized that I had to get it together.
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If you tell me there's something I can't do, I'll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.
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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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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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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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If you ever see The Rock working out in the gym, don't think you can just go up and disturb his workout and expect him to take a picture. He's there to work, so kindly just pass the silverback on by or he'll rip your face off.
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I was fortunate and I was lucky that I had a couple of people in my life who cared about me. I had good, loving parents.
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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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Maybe I'll give Broadway a try. But you know what would be great? Hosting the Oscars. I promise you, that would be a show no one forgot.
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As we all know, sequels can be tricky.
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The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody - like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger - and I thought, 'That can be me.' So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn't realize back then that I was having a defining moment.
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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.
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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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I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you're not alone.
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When I was a kid, I never thought much about football. I thought about following in my family's footsteps and going into professional wrestling.
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What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.
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I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players.
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I love making movies, but there's nothing like performing live.
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Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.
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I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.
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You don't sign up for a divorce when you get married. It's very painful. But it's taught me a great deal about myself.