Dolph Lundgren Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“I try to keep the martial arts up. It's a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Art #Mind #Trying

“I would think that the drumstick is probably pretty good. Because you can put that anywhere. If you are a strong guy, you can put it in the throat, the nose, the mouth, the ear. It's also easily concealed. The guitar is pretty good, but you have to break it. And that's pretty difficult.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Strong #Thinking #Guitar

“I've drank more beer and pissed more blood and banged more women than all you numb nuts put together!”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Beer #Blood #Nuts

“Working with Jean-Claude is a lot of fun. Because he's a great actor who also happens to be a fighter. That combination doesn't usually come together anymore. Usually, you have to fight the stunt double and then act against the actor. In his case, you are fighting with a real guy. It takes a minute to get used to that. Because it doesn't happen any more.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Fun #Real #Fighting

“If I need to bulk up for a role, I will do more weights. If I need to slim down for something, I will do more cardio. That's usually how it goes.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Needs #Roles #Weight

“I prefer to channel my problems and inner demons through a character. Another persona. That protects me and my family. I can get my frustrations out that way.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Character #Frustration #Inner Demons

“I think that people are going to find more interest in the human condition, especially with them being weaned on so much reality television. They want character driven stuff along with real violence. Cage fighting is very popular with the kids right now. They see and know what one punch can do to someone's face. You can't give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Real #Character #Kids

“On the one hand, you have these huge budget films that cost millions of dollars. They are effects driven, they don't have well known actors in them, and they are making money. Well, some of them are. One the other hand, you have Stallone and Statham, and guys like DeNiro and Pacino, and Costner, who are all trying to make movies about real people. They are interested in character driven projects.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Real #Character #Hands

“I do weights a few times a week. Not a lot of heavy weights. I do it just to keep my muscle toned. I do some sparring. If I get a chance, I will go swimming or running in-between. I keep in pretty good shape between films.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Running #Swimming #Weight

“Film is about what you are thinking. It's about what's inside.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Thinking #Film

“I suppose I will try to enjoy my life now while I have it. Who knows what's going to happen in the future?”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Trying #Enjoy

“I'm not going to freeze my body. One life is enough for me. Some people take this gamble. That someone will be able to bring them back in the future. I'm not going to do it.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#People #Body #Able

“I know what its like to direct. You become a more considerate actor. After you have directed, you understand what is going on. You can't help but think of the material as a director. You do come up with suggestions. You come up with shortcuts that you weren't aware of before. You try to be helpful to the director if he has a lot on his hands.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Thinking #Hands #Trying

“I train about four or five times a week. I guess I am addicted to it. I also do a lot of martial arts. More than I have done in awhile. I like to go back to martial arts because it makes me feel good.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Art #Feel Good #Done

“First the movie, the actual playing of the role and trying to deliver what everybody wanted. Then, when the film came out, there was instant fame. I was just a kid from Sweden, I didn't know what was going on.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Kids #Trying #Roles

“I never came with a conscious plan to replace anyone else. Stallone does feel that way. He is a real tough guy in real life, and he gets to act that out. If you meet him and work with him, he is what he is. He is a guy that works out every day.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Real #Work Out #Guy

“My dad was in the Swedish armed forces, he was always reading up on different weapons from the Americans and Soviets. When I was a kid, I was in bed looking at his books, reading about the Red Army. So I was very aware of it. I had an interest in military matters ever since.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Dad #Military #Reading

“When I was a kid, I was like everyone else: afraid of getting nuked. We had drills in school - Sweden was very close to the Soviet Union. There was definitely a lot of tension.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#School #Kids #Sweden

“I like the old school heavy metal bands like AC/DC and Aeromith. I like that type of music. As the director, I tried to influence the type of music the bands in the movie would play.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Old School #Play #Directors

“Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don't mess with him.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Directors #Tough #Mess

“Karate has helped me lots, otherwise I might have got lost in substance abuse or something like the things a lot of other people do.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#People #Abuse #Substance

“I think the violence is important. It all depends on the genre. Rambo was ultra-violent, and I think it worked. You have to give Stallone credit. You have to respect him for taking that shot, and taking the violence all the way. He was the first one to do that in a long time. It fricking worked.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Thinking #Long #Giving

“I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel strong.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Art #Strong #Kids

“I like Stallone, because he writes. He sits down with a blank page and comes up with another Rambo movie. That isn't very easy for anybody. He's made it successful on top of that.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Writing #Successful #Rambo

“You can't give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore. You beat on them, and they continue to stand there staring at you. That doesn't work. People just don't buy that anymore.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#People #Giving #Film

“I used to be a chemical-engineering student, but I started studying acting, and I went for a cattle call, up against hundreds of people. They tore me down because I was too tall. They said "How tall are you?" "6'5"." "Next.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Engineering #People #Acting

“Stallone is a great writer. He wrote one of the best screenplays ever written. Rocky. It is one of the biggest classics of all time. I think in the past, he was shying away from writing his own stuff, because there is a lot of pressure when you star in something that you write.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Stars #Writing #Past

“As you get older, it's important to have goals. When you're a kid you have them, but other people can set them for you, such as your parents, your school... so, as you get older it's nice to have your own goals, which don't have to do with being more famous, or being in bigger movies, or making more money. Those things kind of corrupt your soul.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Nice #School #Kids

“You realize as a director that when you are cutting a film, you want to have alternatives. You need color and choices. You don't want four takes that are identical.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Cutting #Color #Choices

“When you are acting in a film, you have no idea what scene the editor is going to choose. For instance, after you have directed, you feel more comfortable delivering a performance. Because you know the real performance is put together in the editing room.”
-- Dolph Lundgren

#Real #Editing #Editors