Latest Dolph Lundgren Quotes from Interviews

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• In the normal life of an actor or director, running around, there's not much time to go to church. But there's other ways to be spiritual, too.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Spiritual, Running, Church

  Source: www.patheos.com

• I think we are affected so much by mythical stories and biblical stories, our society being based on the Bible - at least the old society is based on biblical terms and laws - that there's more of it in art than people realize. Sometimes it comes to the surface, but sometimes it's below the surface, but certainly, it does influence some of my movies.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Art, Biblical, Thinking

  Source: www.patheos.com

• I think religious movies are more of a subset of the broader historical trend, and also the fact that there is more history in Europe, whereas in America, America is about the future. People in Europe think more of the past, and that's why I think filmmakers are drawn to it more.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Religious, Past, Thinking

  Source: www.patheos.com

• I'm not doing any crazy stuff any more. Like I used to do high falls; I used to jump from the motorcycle to the truck myself. That's unheard of today. Now nobody would ever do that. In those days it was stupid, man. I just did it because that's what it was, but that I don't do anymore.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Crazy, Stupid, Fall

  Source: www.stumpedmagazine.com

• When you're directing you're kind of interested in the movie and the story and the characters. I just sort of prefer the really tough fighting and some of the other street fighting type moves. You know, where it's not just show. It's not dressing it up for the cameras too much. It's pretty down and dirty, the way it should be. That's something I like to do. I do that.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Dirty, Moving, Character

  Source: www.stumpedmagazine.com

• Sports became a way for me to find my personality and identity in life. I had a lot of problems as a young kid like we all do with my own confidence, trying to grow up, and become a man and whatnot. Sports helped me get there. It helped me get my role in Rocky IV. It has helped me ever since in my movies and dealing with a lot of hard times between pictures and my life. I would say it's the one thing that's kept me going over the years.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Sports, Growing Up, Kids

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

• I mean there's still also an element of the audience looking for role models. In my day, when I started, if you were an action hero, you were a little bit of a role model like the person.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Hero, Mean, Role Models

  Source: www.stumpedmagazine.com

• I was this Swedish kid who came over here to study engineering, but I got into movies, and suddenly I'm in this 'Rocky' picture with Sylvester Stallone. And then the movie comes out, and it's a big hit, and I'm famous. Like, world famous. I wasn't thinking of ruling Hollywood; I was thinking of just trying to make it to the next day, trying to figure out what the hell happened.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Kids, Thinking, Engineering

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

• You know, some of the action stuff, I tend to have a pretty good sense of humor about it. Even when I direct and have a lot of pressure, it teaches me to laugh at stuff. I think that comes also from sports, from combat sports, where you've got to learn to laugh at it and take it in stride. Otherwise, you just can't deal with it.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Sports, Thinking, Laughing

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

• No one can believe I might have a brain. Because I'm really tall, I'm really blonde, I have big muscles, and kill people for a living. There you go. If anybody's going to be assumed to be stupid, it's me. I don't know what my IQ score is, but I did study for five years at college. And I'm proud of my chemical engineering degree. I haven't done anything with it, but it's a card up your sleeve for later in life. It's nice to have, just in case.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Stupid, Nice, Believe

  Source: www.menshealth.com

• Life is stranger than fiction. It's nice to have stuff that people don't know about. And it helps when you read a bad review. You can go, "This guy doesn't have me figured out." There's more mystery to you than they understand.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Nice, People, Guy

  Source: www.menshealth.com

• I got good grades in school, but I'm not sure if I'm smart or if it just means I can study. I've never taken one of those IQ tests, and I don't want to. It's so pointless. As long as you enjoy life and have fun and you're healthy and happy, that's what matters.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Fun, Smart, Taken

  Source: www.menshealth.com

• 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 Lundgren

  Thinking, Giving, Guy

  Source: www.menshealth.com

• Movies are a powerful medium. People think you are your character. I've had plenty of people who think I'm Drago. They don't know about the chemical engineering part of my personality. They don't know about the geek part of my personality.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Powerful, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.menshealth.com

• 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

  Hard Work, Character, Three

  Source: www.menshealth.com

• You know which guys are doing steroids and which ones aren't. I don't judge anybody. Everybody has their own life and people do what they want. It's like smoking pot. If you experiment with it, it doesn't mean you're the devil, and it doesn't mean you've ruined your body. It just means you tried it.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Mean, People, Judging

  Source: www.menshealth.com

• Kristina [Klebe] plays her character [in Don't Kill It] pretty straight, and because my character's so crazy and colorful, it works quite well. Kristina really loved the part, so she was very accommodating and willing to explore it and work hard.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Crazy, Hard Work, Character

  Source: dailydead.com

• Jebediah Woodley is one of those guys that when I'm sitting in my rocking chair one day, thinking back, I'll remember that guy. He was a fun guy to play.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Fun, Thinking, Play

  Source: dailydead.com

• It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Baby, Character, Nine

  Source: dailydead.com

• 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.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Careers, Long, Rocky Iv

  Source: dailydead.com

• It was fun to talk too much [as Jebediah Woodley], to keep running your mouth whether the other characters want to hear it or not. That's part of what made this guy fun.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Running, Fun, Character

  Source: dailydead.com

• I found out about it probably 9 - 10 months before we shot the film [Don't Kill It] because it was postponed a couple of times, which was actually a good thing because once it all finally came together, I had to get in there and roll off different pages of dialogue and monologues pretty quickly.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Couple, Together, Different

  Source: dailydead.com

• I'd already rehearsed it [ Don't Kill It script ] for the first time it was supposed to happen and the second time. That was a blessing in disguise because the character [Jebediah Woodley] grew a little bit in me.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Character, Blessing, Littles

  Source: dailydead.com

• 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

  Real, Character, Trying

  Source: www.ign.com

• The interesting thing about TV drama that's kind of nice is, I'm just an actor. I'm doing my role.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Nice, Drama, Interesting

  Source: www.ign.com