Dolph Lundgren Quotes

My problem is that people get intimidated by someone big and beautiful like me. They hate to think I can be smart as well.

I usually pick up a scar a movie.

I was a movie star before having the chance to become an actor, so now I`m trying to backtrack. (in "Vanity Fair", 1995)

Schwarzenegger is my role model since he is successful but, as an actor, he is not (my role model). I prefer Sean Connery, Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford. They too started as `beef cakes` but have since established themselves as acknowledged actors.

I was turned down at my first audition for Rocky IV for being too tall. I was 6ft 5in and you were supposed to be 6ft 3in maximum. I didn`t know what the casting call was for and I just showed up, they asked me how tall I was, I said 6ft 5in and they said NEXT!

When I started studying acting in New York, I didn`t plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt it was something I needed to try to do for myself, to express something, my inner pain, or something I couldn`t get out. Then I got caught up taking my shirt off and strapping a machine gun on to shoot people. There wasn`t really much acting - you couldn`t have done too much with those roles no matter how good you were. (in Empire (UK), January 1996)

Action films are an extension of Greek myths which have been around since Homer`s The Iliad. Everybody`s life has some mythical quality. You struggle against obstacles, you fight to get to a higher level and there are great loves. With an action film its just more apparent. That`s why people will always love action movies.

I was incredibly shy when I first got into the business, I still am to some extent. I`ve overcome that shyness through contact sports, but I wanted to find that same confidence interacting with people through acting instead of in the ring.

Playing He-Man was pretty much my lowest point as an actor, it was a kids` movie. How much could I do as an actor when I was running around in swim trunks and chest armor? There was talk of my doing a second one, but I wasn`t available, and from what I understand, the whole idea of a sequel fell through.