The Rock recently spoke with WSVN-TV entertainment reporter Chris Van Vliet to promote MOANA. During the interview, which you can watch below, The Rock was asked why he decided to leave WWE to pursue a career in Hollywood. Here is what he had to say:
“I wanted to challenge myself. And I wanted to be better. And I didn’t want to settle. I was really fortunate to accomplish what I accomplished in wrestling. I loved it. There’s nothing like wrestling. That crowd, I love it. But I also wanted more and there’s that interesting thing when you’re lucky enough to get that little bit of success and then you want to do something else that’s not your forte, that clearly is not, but you’re willing to take the challenge on, you’re met with a lot of cynicism. You gotta fight through that and you gotta listen to the voice inside and then you gotta bring it.”
Van Vliet noted on Twitter that there was an interesting part at the end of the interview that got cut off when the cameraman stopped rolling. Van Vliet asked The Rock, “So we’ll see you in April? Orlando?” and The Rock said, “Sure, ya I’ll see you there.”
