Before I started studying martial arts, I had temper problems. I could definitely fly off the handle. Being raised in the south in 1956 definitely gave me some memories to latch onto for negative emotions.

The power of Hollywood, as we know, is that it can create these images in people's minds, and they live with those images for their whole life.

I was clear: "I don't want to play businessmen with bifocal glasses and cameras, so if you're going to give me an Asian bad guy to play, then I'm going to give you the baddest Asian bad guy you've ever seen, and you're not going to forget that I was in the film."

Americans really don't understand the Japanese nature, but it's not an easy thing to understand.

I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist.

I have to humbly say people really like the bad guys.

Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously.