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" Because of my wrestling background, nothing a director can throw at me on a set can faze me. "

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" I've been fortunate to have had the life I had prior to Hollywood. I wasn't starving; I was going to eat the next day. "

" When a family film is done well, there's a character that every member of the audience can relate to. I want to be one of those guys. "

" 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. "

" The one thing I couldn't identify with was the blue cowboy outfit he put on. "

" Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important. "

" I love making people laugh and feel good, and that's awesome and special for me to be able to do that, but there really is nothing like kicking ass whether it's on a major scale, or whether it's in more of a dramatic fashion. Being physical and taking care of business the old-fashioned way is something that I love doing. "

" I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids' dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We've all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again. "

" 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. "

" Mickey Rourke's character in 'The Wrestler' - that was my dad, that was my uncles, that was so many members of my family. It was the only thing they knew. And then they would end up wrestling for a hundred bucks, go to autograph signings for two hundred bucks. "

" Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining. "

" I was raised by strong women, and that DNA is in my daughter and wife. "

" With all the... success that I've been lucky enough to get? That doesn't happen unless the home life is solid. "

" I can eat two large pizzas and a tray of brownies in one sitting. I'm not sharing that. We can get another one, but I ain't sharing. "

" Ain't nothing like a good cry. "

" My parents weren't actors or studio executives. "

" I do all my own stunts. I'm kidding. "

" Working out anchors my day. "

" 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. "

" I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself. "

" I can't deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring. And beyond that, it would be an opportunity to make a real impact on people's lives on a global scale. But there are a lot of other things I want to do first. "

" I break ground. I trailblaze. "

" I don't race cars. "

" Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. "

" Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors. "

" But I do believe that there's going to be a time where all movies are going to be made in 3D and it's just going to be a given, and that is going to be an exciting time. "

" Every once in a while I get the highly inappropriate proposal which is like, 'Wow, Really! You don't even know me and I don't know you at all, and you want that to happen? Tonight? Ok, I get off work at 7.30.' "

" I plan on taking athletics as far as I can. "

" My reputation precedes me now. "

" In Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time. "

" I've been known to have a good step or two. I'm half Samoan, you know, and part of our culture is singing and dancing daily. "