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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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" I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like. "

Dwayne Johnson

Success

Finding

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

Dwayne Johnson

Work

Want

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I learned a long time ago how to be coachable. "

" There are definitely people who disagree with certain creative decisions you make. Pleasing everyone is pretty hard. "

" 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. "

" I've never gone wrong trusting my gut. "

" The successful men I admired all built their bodies. "

" My genetic make-up is one of physicality. I'm a visceral guy. "

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

" I can hold my own when it comes to burping. I've got a good feeling that I could win a championship. "

" I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players. "

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

Dwayne Johnson

Wrestling

Director

" Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you. "

" I have good friends who are politicians on both sides. "

" The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women's cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude. "

" The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself. "

" As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me. "

Dwayne Johnson

Mind

Safety

" Wrestling is intimate. You can reach out and touch the wrestlers. "

" To be immortalized in a ride is a very cooI thing. "

" When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood - and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii. "

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

" 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. "

" Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success. "

" You don't sign up for a divorce when you get married. It's very painful. But it's taught me a great deal about myself. "

Dwayne Johnson

Great

Painful

" 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. "

" 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. "