'You Can't Control Box Office Results' -- Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Responds to The Smashing Machine's Disappointing Launch - IGN

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : While promoting the movie at the Venice Film Festival, the former wrestling star said he wanted to "live my dreams now" after "living other people's dreams.
66% : Truth is this film has changed my life.
63% : Here's Johnson's statement in full: From deep in my grateful bones, thank you to everyone who has watched The Smashing Machine.
51% : But there was this voice inside of me that said, 'What if I could do more?' "The truth is, I looked around a few years ago and started to think, 'Am I living my dream or am I living other people's dreams?' "And you come to that recognition and you can either fall in line, go, 'It's status quo, things are good,' or you can go, 'No, I wanna live my dreams now and do what I want to do, and tap into the things I want to tap into and have a place to put all this stuff that I've experienced in the past that I've shied away from.'
27% : Instead, Johnson said, he was in control of his performance, which he remains proud of.

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