Dave Bautista
Dave Bautista
David Michael "Dave" Bautista Jr. is an American actor and former professional mixed martial artist and professional wrestler...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth18 January 1969
CountryUnited States of America
sports strong wrestling
I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding.
school passion juniors
I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.
believe moving wrestling
In wrestling there are so many people inside and outside the ring, and it's so live, and it's this whole adrenaline thing. Whereas you move it into this more intimate thing, everything gets all quiet, someone says action, and you have to say the lines and make the words your own. It couldn't be any more different and it's weird sometimes trying to explain that to people. When I tell people that acting is much more terrifying to me than going out in front of ten thousand people, they don't quite believe it because for some reason that intimacy is just terrifying to me.
creating guy niche
I'm creating my niche. My niche is going to be "shirtless guy."
wrestling who-i-am people
People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am.
learning-something-new keys youth
If you're pursuing something that you love and you're learning something new, every day, that's the key to youth [staying young].
odd moments easier
It's much easier when you have your co-workers who are just, they're there in the moment. If you were out of the moment, you would feel odd.
motivated
Nothing can motivate me any more than I'm motivated.
struggle men reason
For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.
character talking two
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.
dream kids hard-work
I'm a poor kid from the streets. What I've been able to achieve has really just been through hard work and not letting anyone tell me that I couldn't do something. I always try to encourage people to just pursue your dreams.
people advice brain
I'm not afraid to go up to people and pick their brains and ask for advice. To me, that's how you get better. That's how I've gotten better at everything I've ever done. Don't be too proud to ask for help.
acting average love needed people pro seriously
Drax isn't your average stereotypical soldier/warrior/musclehead. He actually has some depth. It was a character that I wanted to play, not only because I love acting so much, but also, I needed to play to get people to actually take me seriously as an actor and get away from the pro wrestling label.
auditions bad favour learning realised
Just getting auditions was rough. But also just learning how to act - when I did my first role, in a film I did which was a favour to a friend, I realised I was really bad at it.