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" I started in action, and then I went to comedy school. "
Dwayne Johnson
Started
School
Comedy
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" The one thing I couldn't identify with was the blue cowboy outfit he put on. "
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" I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it. "
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" I used to get into a lot of fights. "
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" I played with two lines of action figures when I was a kid: G.I. Joe and Star Wars. "
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" I didn't have to win, and winning wasn't important to me. Being world champion wasn't important to me. What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it. "
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" We all live with cancer, whether it is present in ourselves or affects someone we love. "
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" With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I've done it. "
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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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" In Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time. "
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" 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. "
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" If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you've got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that. "
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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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" If you tell me there's something I can't do, I'll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining. "
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" 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. "
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" I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn't want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture. "
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" I've always seen first responders as unsung heroes and very special people because, when everyone else is running away from danger, they run into it. "
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" It took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy's autograph. I'd tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, 'People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.' But she couldn't really grasp it. "
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" The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson. "
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" I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today. "
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" Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value. "
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" I'm very low-key. I don't really blend in, so it's difficult to go out in public. I like to do things that are kind of quiet, whether it's a dinner at my house or a restaurant, or a movie night at home. "
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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 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. "
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" Oh, I can keep many secrets, so I would be a phenomenal secret agent. I love secrets. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was a kid, I never thought much about football. I thought about following in my family's footsteps and going into professional wrestling. "
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" 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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" It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today. "
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" Maybe I'll give Broadway a try. But you know what would be great? Hosting the Oscars. I promise you, that would be a show no one forgot. "
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