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" I break ground. I trailblaze. "
Dwayne Johnson
Break
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" When I was 8 years old, I saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy. "
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" Playing big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of people love to live vicariously through those characters. "
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" My grandfather was one of the very, very first, if not the first, Samoan wrestlers to become known on a worldwide basis. "
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" I've always loved the idea of playing Black Adam. "
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" Come on, you can't name a truck after a chick. "
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" My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she'd seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country - all around the world - who show that type of fortitude. "
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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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" When I was ten, I won the horseshoe-throwing contest at summer camp. I was also the Wiffle ball champion in my town. "
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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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" My genetic make-up is one of physicality. I'm a visceral guy. "
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" By the time I was 23 years old, I had multiple arrests. "
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Old
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" For different roles, my condition and training and diet does alter. Depending on the role, it will really dictate the type of training I do. "
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Different
Will
" Life is anything but predictable. "
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Predictable
Life
" Yeah, I was a delinquent. It was when I was in the ninth grade. I was doing stupid stuff, and the cops came into the class. I was humiliated more than anything. "
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Class
Doing
" 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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Family
" 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. "
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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 love making movies, but there's nothing like performing live. "
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" If I want to be called 'The Rock,' I'll be called 'The Rock.' If I want to go back to wrestling, I'll go back to wrestling. "
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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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" Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors. "
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" I'll never, ever be full. I'll always be hungry. Obviously, I'm not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I've never forgotten it, 'Once you've ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you'll never, ever be full.' "
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" I love WWE, and I love that platform. There is no other platform in the world that gives me that instant gratification. There is just no other platform. "
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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 was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do. "
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" I'm always asked, 'What's the secret to success?' But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. "
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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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Important
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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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" I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players. "
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