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" Did you play with G.I. Joes when you were little? I did. They were my favorites. I also loved my Star Wars action figures, and they would all intermingle. That&amp;#039;s funny: My Barbies and my brother&amp;#039;s G.I. Joes also did a lot of intermingling. Ha! You know, that kind of happened with my Joes and my Princess Leias too. Did you always want to be an action figure? When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood--and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii. What do you look for in a film? Number one, there has to be heart, whether it&amp;#039;s a family movie or an action film. And there generally is a sense of loss--something about the family is fractured. I think it comes from my own life. I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do. I remember thinking, This can never happen again. The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody--like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger--and I thought, That can be me. So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn&amp;#039;t realize back then that I was having a defining moment. And now you have your own family. [My daughter] Simone is 10 now, and I can appreciate so much, as I get older, how powerful and special a relationship between a daddy and a little girl is. The responsibility is awesome, because it&amp;#039;s going to affect how she relates to all the men in her life. Talk about pressure! How are you going to be when she starts dating? I&amp;#039;m going to be cool and mature and open--yeah, right! That will all go out the window when the time comes. I don&amp;#039;t know how I&amp;#039;m going to be. What I can find comfort in is our relationship. Things aren&amp;#039;t always rosy; we&amp;#039;ve gone through a divorce, and navigated our way to a much better place. I&amp;#039;d like to think she and I are going to have a great bond, so that she&amp;#039;ll comfortably bring over a young man--who will have to sit in front of me and answer all my questions. I pity the poor guy. Speaking of dates, what&amp;#039;s your idea of the perfect evening? I&amp;#039;m very low-key. I don&amp;#039;t really blend in, so it&amp;#039;s difficult to go out in public. I like to do things that are kind of quiet, whether it&amp;#039;s a dinner at my house or a restaurant, or a movie night at home. You&amp;#039;re known for your chest wiggle. Is that something you do to impress the ladies? Let me correct you: It&amp;#039;s called a pec pop. Any man can make his chest wiggle, but this requires muscle control. I&amp;#039;ve done it on multiple occasions for a multitude of women, but never to impress them--only to make them laugh. And when does that go down on a date? Probably after my fourth shot of tequila! DWAYNE AT A GLANCE: Tune that gets him pumped: &amp;quot;EYE OF THE TIGER. Anytime I hear it, it brings out the Rocky in me.&amp;quot; Secretly scared of: &amp;quot;SPIDERS. I hate them. I don&amp;#039;t know anyone who likes them!&amp;quot; Childhood talent: &amp;quot;FILTHY STAND-UP. When I was 8, I would memorize Richard Pryor routines and recite these really dirty monologues.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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