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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. "
Dwayne Johnson
Become
First
Very
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" The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself. "
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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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" 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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" When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy. "
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" In wrestling, there's a shelf life, and some wrestlers don't pay attention to the shelf life. "
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" I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too. "
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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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" My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining. "
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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'll be honest: I haven't ruled politics out. "
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Out
Honest
" 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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Night
Home
Dinner
" 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. "
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Culture
Daily
" If I love you, I show you I love you every day. Little things, big things. "
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Love
Day
" 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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" My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy. But I'd like you to laugh with me occasionally, too. "
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Mind
Me
Laugh
" I started in action, and then I went to comedy school. "
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School
Comedy
" Because of my wrestling background, nothing a director can throw at me on a set can faze me. "
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Wrestling
Me
Director
" 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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Character
Son
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" 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. "
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Two
Sharing
I Can
" I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them. "
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Care
Take Care
Someone
" In the '60s and '70s and early '80s, the trainers would grind you, and eventually they would break something - they would break an ankle in ways that it would heal. It was just the way of the business, to ensure that you learned respect for wrestling. "
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Early
Grind
Respect
" 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. "
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Movies
Loved
" If I had to describe myself to an alien I'd say I was bigger than the average human, enjoy a drink or two with a good meal and have a bigger head than most. I'd also say I'm really handsome - especially if they were a female alien. "
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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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Learning
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" I've learned never to say never. "
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Never
Say
Learned
" Life is anything but predictable. "
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" WWE is a space where I thrived, and I loved, and I still do. I love connecting with an audience; that is the greatest thing about going back to WWE. "
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Audience
Loved
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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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" I know Gov. Christie. We've met a couple of times. "
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Met
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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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Old
Years
North Carolina