I Try To Keep The Martial Arts

I Never Came With A Conscious Plan To Replace Anyone Else. Stallone Does Feel That Way. He Is A Real Tough Guy In Real Life, And He Gets To Act That Out. If You Meet Him And Work With Him, He Is What He Is. He Is A Guy That Works Out Every Day.

You Really Have To Work Hard To Create A Three-dimensional Character. You Have To Rehearse And Explore And Take Your Time. You Can't Just Memorize Your Lines And Do It On The Fly.

I Mean There's Still Also An Element Of The Audience Looking For Role Models. In My Day, When I Started, If You Were An Action Hero, You Were A Little Bit Of A Role Model Like The Person.

When You're Directing You're Kind Of Interested In The Movie And The Story And The Characters. I Just Sort Of Prefer The Really Tough Fighting And Some Of The Other Street Fighting Type Moves. You Know, Where It's Not Just Show. It's Not Dressing It Up For The Cameras Too Much. It's Pretty Down And Dirty, The Way It Should Be. That's Something I Like To Do. I Do That.

My Dad Was In The Swedish Armed Forces, He Was Always Reading Up On Different Weapons From The Americans And Soviets. When I Was A Kid, I Was In Bed Looking At His Books, Reading About The Red Army. So I Was Very Aware Of It. I Had An Interest In Military Matters Ever Since.