Batista Comments On Being Recognized As An Actor

ON HIS LONG JOURNEY FROM WWE TO MMA AND NOW MOVIE STAR

Well it's weird that you say that because I never think along those lines and when I left wrestling I really left to pursue acting. I knew it was going to be a long route because I passed up a lot of the roles that you would think I would be after - the action roles, the typical 'big ex wrestler' roles. I passed on those because I really wanted to prove myself as an actor and I wanted to prove to people that I don't want to be a movie star. I want to be an actor. I just fell in love with it and it's been a long route

ON THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE HE'S FACED AS AN ACTOR

I think initally my biggest challenge was to get people to see past that persona I put on in WWE. To realize I wasn't going to come into a room and try to intimidate everyone and start barking and screaming and growling at everyone and hitting people with chair. It was just to get past that stereotype