I personally don’t like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them.

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

I will not play just an evil part. In fact, I got offered $7 million several years ago to play the part that Faye Dunaway played in ‚Supergirl.‘ I was kind of insulted. I was impressed with the money, but I said, ‚Why are you asking me to play an evil witch? Do I come across as an evil witch to you?‘

We pay attention to every demographic in every country, so we’re going to focus on building things that teens are going to like, and we’re also going to focus on building things that other folks are going to like.

Well, everyone likes movies when they’re a little kid.

I don’t know that much about who directs what movies, but I’m definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.

I know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They’ve shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can’t be homophobic in this line of work – I’m a pop star!

It’s simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they’re done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it’s what they see. That’s where my head is at.

I am really proud that I am one of the artists that has the opportunity to be on magazine covers and to be in the movies.

There’s nothing – I’ve bought everything I want. I don’t like yachts or anything; you know, I’m not a yacht person, and I’ve got pretty much the nicest plane I’d want to have.

I think being funny is not anyone’s first choice.

I really like children to watch my movies.

If I want to be called ‚The Rock,‘ I’ll be called ‚The Rock.‘ If I want to go back to wrestling, I’ll go back to wrestling.

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can’t read. If they could read their stuff, they’d stop writing.

See, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

When you’re doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it’s most important to get people to view those movies as just movies, as just good movies. At the end of the day, regardless of the color of the cast, we’re all doing the same thing in this business: trying to make a good film.

I don’t like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.

There’s only one thing that can kill the movies, and that’s education.

I suspect that even most conservatives would prefer to live in the kind of world conjured up in the liberals‘ imagination rather than in the kind of world we are in fact stuck with.

I’ve choreographed all of my movies.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn’t care what kind of movies I made.

I was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years – since I was a kid. When I first broke into Hollywood, ‚Hercules‘ was one of the movies that I – not chased, because I didn’t have the power to chase anything – but always had in the back of my mind.

I love making movies, but there’s nothing like performing live.

I don’t think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that’s what counts.

I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just… wouldn’t have come up out of the water.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

I’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.

Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I’m happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother.

There should be a point to movies. Sure, you’re giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom.

No, I can’t do rap music!

Actors know what actors are insecure about – and they’re all insecure.

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It’s really only to be heard when everyone’s out enjoying it.

I’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.

I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset – tears are words waiting to be written.

I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can’t wait to do more.

Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I’d sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn’t miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either.

How do people relate to movies now, when they’re on portable devices or streaming them? It’s not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.

I’m not looking to get away from anything. I like what I’ve done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible.

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.

I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.

Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I’d make one that I can’t get yelled at for.

In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

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

At the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

I like Ryan Gosling as an actor. I watch all of his movies, and he’s Canadian and I just like his swag. I read his interviews and I’m a big fan of his.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I’ve always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

When I was on TV in the ’80s, I wasn’t thinking, ‚There’s a 10-year-old kid watching this and in 15 years, he’s gonna be doing stuff that was influenced by me.‘ I was trying to get my five minutes together. So now that those people are comedians and they’re influenced by me – it’s bizarre.

I like policy – call me a nerd.

I’ve lived in a big showplace house, and I never want to live again in a house that overshadows me.

I don’t like drinking, basically.

I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards – a massive star.

I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they’re actresses or singers or things like that.

Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

I want to be an executive producer.