Where are you? Where is our leader at this time? At this time when our country is down on its knees, begging, pleading, hurt, angry, frustrated, in pain, begging and pleading with its arms out just wanting to be heard. – Dwayne Johnson On Donald Trump.
There is military force that has been deployed on our own people. Looters, yes. Criminals, absolutely. But on protesters, who are begging and pleading, our protesters who are in pain? You know, you would be surprised how people in pain would respond when you say to them, ‘I care about you.’ When you say to them, ‘I’m listening to you.’ – Dwayne Johnson On Donald Trump deploying military to quell unrest over police brutality.
Of course, all lives matter, but in this moment right now, this defining, pivotal, explosive moment where our country is down on its knees…we must say the words: Black Lives Matter. – Dwayne Johnson
Where is our compassionate leader who’s going to step up to our country who’s down on its knees, and extend a hand and say, ‘You stand up, stand up with me because I got you. I hear you, I’m listening to you. And you have my word that I’m going to do everything in my power, until my dying day, my last breath, to do everything I can to create the change that is needed, to normalize equality because Black Lives Matter.’ – Dwayne Johnson
As we continue to wait for that leader to emerge, I would recommend to all of you that we must become the leaders we are looking for. We become our own leaders. Because we’re doing it now. – Dwayne Johnson
The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there’s not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I’m grateful for it. – Dwayne Johnson
Oh, I can keep many secrets, so I would be a phenomenal secret agent. I love secrets. – Dwayne Johnson
I’ve always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too. – Dwayne Johnson
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. – Dwayne Johnson
What I like to do is get the family in the pick-up truck… and then we just go for a drive. That’s it! – Dwayne Johnson
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. – Dwayne Johnson
That’s a traditional Samoan dance. I was lucky that I was able to fly my cousins, who are professional dancers, up from Hawaii and they were able to be in the movie with me. We had a great time. – Dwayne Johnson
Maybe I’ll give Broadway a try. But you know what would be great? Hosting the Oscars. I promise you, that would be a show no one forgot. – Dwayne Johnson
I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids’ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again. – Dwayne Johnson
I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it. – Dwayne Johnson
I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar. – Dwayne Johnson
Part of my daily regime is my glucosamine and, of course, a multitude of multivitamins. Branched-chain amino acids, glutamine, of course protein. I have one protein shake a day, and that is immediately after my training. – Dwayne Johnson
For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to ‘mince about’ was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of! – Dwayne Johnson