Dwayne Johnson

There's this lingering philosophy that movie stars shouldn't do TV.

I was fortunate and I was lucky that I had a couple of people in my life who cared about me. I had good, loving parents.

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

It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

The successful men I admired all built their bodies.

I can't deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring. And beyond that, it would be an opportunity to make a real impact on people's lives on a global scale. But there are a lot of other things I want to do first.

It is no surprise that animation is Hollywood's most successful and innovative genre.

When I was a kid, I never thought much about football. I thought about following in my family's footsteps and going into professional wrestling.

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.

I would never win an award for not loving pizza.

I've been fortunate to have had the life I had prior to Hollywood. I wasn't starving; I was going to eat the next day.

Ain't nothing like a good cry.

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.

Nutrition is so important. It can't be stressed enough.

'Be Cool' was a defining movie for me.

My grandfather was one of the very, very first, if not the first, Samoan wrestlers to become known on a worldwide basis.

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.

I used to get into a lot of fights.

When I was 8, I thought I was Harrison Ford, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Elvis, and Chuck Norris all at once.

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.