Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was recently given the Generation Award. The 47-year-old’s inspiring speech from the MTV Movie & TV Awards in Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California is creating headlines in the entertainment world.
The Rock spoke about how at first he felt the pressure to conform to Hollywood standards but has since learned it is best to always be yourself.
“Thank you. Thank you so much. Well
He would later talk about when he first got to Hollywood, people wanted him to change and become more “Hollywood.”
“When I first got to Hollywood — Hollywood, they didn’t know what the hell to do with me. I mean, I was this half-black, half-Samoan and six foot four, 275-pound pro wrestler. You know; I was told at that time, ‘Well, you got to be a certain way. You got to drop some weight. You’ve got to be somebody different. You got to stop working out. Stop doing the things that I love. You got to stop calling yourself The Rock.’ What?!”
The Rock Accepts MTV Generation Award
Johnson would continue in his speech to say it is important to always be yourself.
“For years I actually bought into it because you think, ‘Oh, that’s what I’m supposed to do.’ And I was miserable doing that. So I made a choice. And the choice was I wasn’t going to conform to Hollywood, Hollywood was going to conform to me. So, Hollywood conformed to me and here I am with all of you getting the Generation Award. Holy s—,” Johnson continued.
Rock’s film “Hobbs & Shaw” is currently in theatres.
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