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" Based on the name value I had, I went to L.A. and got involved in independent movies. "

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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" I love my mother to death. I'm pretty much a reflection of her. "

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" I've been in the entertainment industry - wresting, but the entertainment industry since 1989; if you have thin skin, you're going to have a tough time in this town, but I've got thick skin. "

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" I used to love Andre The Giant. I could sit around all day and listen to Andre stories. He was such a wonderful, unique guy who everyone loved being around. The thing about Andre, he just had this magical mystique about him. "

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" My favoirte wrestler is 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair. "

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" I got pile drived in '96 or '97 and was a quadriplegic for about a minute and a half. I couldn't move anything. It was in the Meadowlands at a pay per view with a million or two people watching, and I couldn't move. That cost me a surgery, but I healed pretty quickly, so that was probably my worst day at the office. "

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" WWE dropped the ball with 'Tough Enough.' "

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" Everything I've done goes back to pro wrestling. Had I not been able to achieve what I did, I guarantee you... my high school jobs were always working in the highway department - driving dump trucks, patching up roads, digging ditches, driving a forklift. "

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" I found out in pro wrestling that it works better if you just try and be yourself versus working on something you're not, so I'm me, and maybe it's magnified a bit, but it's easier just being me. "

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" I'm really proud of 'Broken Skull Challenge.' "

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" In the wrestling world, you had WWE, WCW, and smaller promotions that were like the independents. I look at it as craft beer being the independent beer makers. It's the indie scene. "

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" I think if I'd never had found pro wrestling, I'd be a blue collar guy, working a 9-to-5 job. "

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" I think 'The Condemned' has a great story. It's a lot more than a mindless action flick. "

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" Everyone can have a rough day at the office, as they say. I've had those myself many times when the bell rings. "

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" I don't live as 'Stone Cold.' I live as Steve Austin. I was 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin back in 2003, then I rode off into the sunset. "

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" Everyone out here in Los Angeles is trying to do whatever to break into films. It is a tough industry to get into, kind of like pro wrestling in a lot of respects when you think about it. "

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" Probably the greatest match in my career, and really put me on the match as a main event guy and paved the way for what I was to become, was Wrestlemania 13, with the one and only, Bret 'The Hitman' Hart. "

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" Paul Heyman works with Brock. The magic works between Brock and Paul because of their dynamic and their chemistry. "

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" In the ring, if someone hits you too hard, you can only take so many of those, and you have to send back a receipt, meaning 'Hey, settle down.' If a guy has a bad night at the office and catches you in the chin, you pop him so he knows what's going on. "

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" Don't look forward to me putting on the trunks and knee braces to get back in the ring and stomp a mudhole in somebody and walking it dry. "

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" My exit strategy from pro wrestling wasn't carved in stone. I retired because of a few neck issues, some neurological issues. "

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" When I got into professional wrestling, I started, and I starved for two years, and I finally got some breaks. And then I got the biggest break, and I made the most of it and took wresting to its highest level ever. "

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" John Cena has done well for himself. "

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" You cannot put Paul Heyman with Roman Reigns. People would know you're putting Paul Heyman with him because there is a problem. "

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" Cancer has affected my family; my mother and father have battled cancer. I know how tough it is. "

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" When I went out and did what I did in the world of professional wrestling as Stone Cold Steve Austin, pretty much anything and everything thing I said was ad lib, on the spot, just let it fly and go for it. "

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" I appreciate everyone that had supported my career. "

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