Belgian - Actor | October 18, 1960 -
What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
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My time of martial arts was traditional.
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In the past, I was working out too heavy.
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You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.
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I train, for me, very smartly. I don't train heavy, I do a lot of isometrics.
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When you finish a film, if you believed in your character, you're empty.
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You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall.
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In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.
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I've become 40, my audience is partly the same age.
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What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts.
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There are some movie stars in Hollywood that are so scared, they also tell the reporter that they are recording them, in case there is something wrong with what they wrote about them in the papers.
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I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.
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