After Watching Wrestling For 20 Years, I

There's A Lot Of Gimmick Infringement Out There, But That's Cool. It's A Compliment. But It All Started Right When I First Came Into The Garden. I Came Down To Eye Of The Tiger And When I Hit The Ring With The Sheik, I Just Put My Hand Up To My Ear By Accident, And The Crowd Got Louder. I Was Like "oh, That Works."

It's Tough Because A Lot Of My Friends In Normal Life, A Lot Of My Friends In The Entertainment Business, And A Lot Of My Friends In The Wrestling Business Are Gay. Just To Say Something Spiteful And Hurtful, I Don't Get It... If It Was True And I Was Gay, I'd Embrace It, And I'd Tell You Guys About It And I'd Celebrate It.

The Fans Know What's Happened To Me Over The Past Couple Of Years. I Lost My Family. I Pretty Much Got Devastated Financially And The Fans Know That I've Had Some Hard Times - And That's The Nature Of Loyal Fans. They Want To See The People That They Love And Believe In Get Back On Their Feet.

When The Script For 'the Wrestler' Kept Coming To Me I Said, This Movie Is So Good If You Put Me In The Film As A Wrestler People Are Going To Say, 'no Credibility, Hulk Hogan Isn't A Good Actor,' Whatever Hollywood Thinks Of Me.

I Train All The Time And The Weird Thing Is I'm In The Gym With People Between 20 And 25 Years Old And I Look In The Mirror And I Look Better Than They Do And They Are Young Kids - Either They Haven't Trained Hard Enough Or They Aren't Serious Enough.