Dwayne Johnson

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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🗓️ 2 May 2021

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Growing up, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson bounced around the country as the son of barnstorming professional wrestler Rocky Johnson. He eventually got into the family business and became the biggest star in wrestling, before transitioning to Hollywood where he is now the highest-paid actor in the business. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with Johnson to talk about that career move, the latest calls for him to run for president and his successful new tequila brand, Teremana.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of The Sunday Sit Down Podcast.
0:06.6	My thanks is always for clicking and listening along.
0:09.4	I got a big one for you today and I do mean big.
0:12.3	In fact, I think it gets no bigger in Hollywood.
0:15.3	Dwayne, the rock Johnson is my guest.
0:19.5	You know and love the man from all his films.
0:21.6	Maybe you know and love him from his wrestling career with the people's eyebrow.
0:26.3	Can you smell what the rock is cooking?
0:28.4	All the rest of it, man.
0:29.6	What a career, what a life this guy has had.
0:31.6	You may just know him as the fully formed Hollywood star that he's become, but he's had
0:35.4	an incredible, incredible life.
0:37.8	Lived in 13 states before he ever even got to high school.
0:42.3	He's the son of a professional wrestler himself, so they're always bouncing around.
0:46.9	He became a star football player in high school, went to the University of Miami to their
0:51.0	juggernaut of a program in the 90s where he won a national championship.
0:55.4	His professional career didn't work out.
0:57.9	So he followed his father into the ring and became a professional wrestler.
1:02.5	Really interesting conversation with Dwayne about his early life, but also that move from
1:07.8	okay, who am I now?
1:09.1	Football didn't work out.
1:10.1	Am I a wrestler?
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