Dwayne Johnson Quotes

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

I remember crying my eyes out when I watched the end of the Lion King

If you are halfway smart, and you could really listen to the audience, you could really learn a lot.

You wanna do this...you wanna go right now...do you want to, GO?...then go get The Rock a bologna sandwich because this doesn't concern you.

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.

When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy.

I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.

'You can't see me'? What are you playing? Peekaboo?

You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking and know what they'll accept from you.

As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character.

The fact of the matter is this: Austin can take his ball, and go home. But as far as The Rock is concerned, as far as I'm concerned, this is home.

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

I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It's what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink.

The whole idea is just to continue to make movies that I enjoy playing and that audiences are going to enjoy me in... just to put out quality on a lot of different levels.

The one thing I couldn't identify with was the blue cowboy outfit he put on.

The Rock is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most electrifying man in sports entertainment today.

I believe I'm not in the press, just in terms of being photographed and paparazzi all the time, or looking for that sensationalistic type of side or anything like that, so I keep things very quiet.

Sweet cream on an ice cream sandwich!

Look at The Rock's competition! Look at him! It looks like a big monkey came down here, took a crap, and out came Mankind!

Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors.

Know your roll and shut your mouth!

The only thing strong about the French Army is their damn body odor.

Creating things I think, especially as an actor - wanting to bring to the table things that have never been done before, but also making sure they're of high quality and not having a fear.

If you make a good family movie, then everybody in the family can relate to somebody, or in this case something. That's always enjoyable. There's always an important place for family movies.

I'm sorry, Mankind can't get to the phone right now, cause he's got The Rock's foot in his mouth!

I'd love to do a musical. 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.

But being on location and shooting, whether its in Puerto Rico or Atlanta, it always reminds me of how really cool my job can be. Interacting with the fans is one of the best parts of it.

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.

When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away.

Great success breeds a lot of things, including sequels.

As you step every day and we're going to see challenges, we going to see failures, we should certainly learn from the failures and be gracious with our successes too as well.

Social media, to me, is like a marriage. You have to foster it and take care of it and commit to it. And you have to understand your partner.

If you're going to make a comedy and if your sole interest is in making people laugh and feel good and entertaining them, then you check your ego at the door.

In my entire career, I've never cried, consistently, through a movie, ever.

Well, The Rock says this, you should be concerned with fixing yourself a nice, tall glass of shut-up juice!

It's important for everybody to creatively honor him in the best way that we possibly can.

Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.

I don't worry about overexposure [in work], I think it's important just to go in, and think about quality work and try to put the best movies out.

As long as I can do something that I am passionate about and that I can really enjoy and the audience can enjoy. That is where my enthusiasm comes from.

We all love challenges.

I tell you, the arts - and especially ballet - the discipline is extraordinary. I was extremely impressed.

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

It's what I've learned over the years that has pushed me beyond limits.

How families deal with loss, everyone has their own process.

I'm more patriotic than I am political - I appreciate politics but I'm not quite too sure if that's a road I'm willing to go down.

If I like it, if I think the character is going to be fun, if I think the story is good and if it appeals to me, then I want to do it.

The goal [of mine] was always to work in as many different genres as I possibly could.

I like the idea of making a big, fun, adventure type of movie.

William Regal, what does besmirched mean?

The fans of our industry are extremely savvy. At the end of the day, they understand the business is a work. It's entertainment, nothing more.