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" I don't have a need for speed. I'm not that guy. "
Dwayne Johnson
Need
Guy
Speed
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" When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away. "
Dwayne Johnson
You
Family
Old
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Character
Family
Wrestling
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Respect
Movies
Loved
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Walk
Think
Past
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Win
Me
People
" My parents were dealing with evictions and repossessions and electricity getting shut off, and I just realized that I had to get it together. "
Dwayne Johnson
Electricity
Parents
Together
" For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to 'mince about' was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of! "
Dwayne Johnson
Great
Me
Opportunity
" I've always loved the idea of playing Black Adam. "
Dwayne Johnson
Always
Playing
Loved
" I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today. "
Dwayne Johnson
Me
Like
Hard
" I love Steve Carell. "
Dwayne Johnson
I Love
Love
Steve
" I knew credibility would come only in time and through earnest performances. "
Dwayne Johnson
Through
Time
Only
" As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me. "
Dwayne Johnson
Mind
Me
Safety
" I've learned never to say never. "
Dwayne Johnson
Never
Say
Learned
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Done
Character
Audience
" The one thing I couldn't identify with was the blue cowboy outfit he put on. "
Dwayne Johnson
One Thing
Outfit
Put
" Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. "
Dwayne Johnson
Stand-Up
Like
Wrestling
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Character
Fun
Own
" I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar. "
Dwayne Johnson
Revolution
Technology
Today
" The successful men I admired all built their bodies. "
Dwayne Johnson
Bodies
Admired
Men
" For me, training is my meditation, my yoga, hiking, biking all rolled into one. Wake up early in the morning, generally around 4 o'clock, and I'll do my cardio on an empty stomach. Stretch, have a big breakfast, and then I'll go train. "
Dwayne Johnson
Morning
Breakfast
Training
" By the time I was 23 years old, I had multiple arrests. "
Dwayne Johnson
Years
Old
Multiple
" Nutrition is so important. It can't be stressed enough. "
Dwayne Johnson
Nutrition
Stressed
Important
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Meeting
Name
She
" If I love you, I show you I love you every day. Little things, big things. "
Dwayne Johnson
Little Things
Love
Day
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Character
Son
You
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
World
Love
Just
" 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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Rock
Think
Work
" I used to get into a lot of fights. "
Dwayne Johnson
Lot
Fights
Get
" Some of the kids in school used to call my father a fake or a phony. That kind of thing brought on a few fights. "
Dwayne Johnson
Kids
Used
Fake
" I've never gone wrong trusting my gut. "
Dwayne Johnson
Gone
Gut
Never