Quotes from Dave Bautista

'Smallville' gig was another one of those things I got through WWE. At that point, I had absolutely no aspirations to pursue acting.

It was always one of my favorite things, the action figures, the video games, when I was with WWE, even though I'm not a gamer. I would literally go out and buy the games just so I could play myself.

Sometimes it's hard to get people to take me seriously as an actor when they just see me as this WWE muscle head.

I don't want to intimidate people. There's nothing bullyish about me, you know. If there's anybody who's anti-bully, it's me.

Honestly, I don't aspire to be a huge movie star. I really just fell in love with acting... Everything I do on-screen is very subtle.

My ultimate goal is actually to direct and develop projects. I don't want them to be big projects with a lot of special effects because that's not really what appeals to me.

I'm not a big guy. I'm not a menacing guy. I'm not an intimidating guy. I may look that way, but just spend two seconds talking to me, and you know that's not who I am - not as a person, as a character. It's not who I intend to be.

Nothing can motivate me any more than I'm already motivated. It just can't happen. Me being motivated was never a factor. Never.

I'm not a leading man. I'm a character actor. That's what I want to be.

For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.

I really feel like indie films are where I learn to be a better actor, especially because they always give you a bit more freedom to collaborate.

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