The Rock and his manager/ex-wife Dany Garcia recently spoke to Forbes:
 
Rock on the secret of his box office success:

"I can kick ass better than anyone on the planet. And I have a decent smile."
 
Garcia on Rock's early move into acting:

"When he was wrestling, he was at 270 pounds and the ruler of the world. When he went into movies he dropped to 230 pounds and they told him to stop talking about wrestling."
 
On his reaction to Hollywood's attitudes about his wrestling past:

"It reached a point where I felt that instead of me trying to conform to Hollywood, I needed to have Hollywood conform to me and embrace my past."
 
Rock on enjoying doing promotion for his films:

"That's the wonderful part about being in this business," says Johnson. "I love knowing the audience and listening to the audience."