\n <\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \u201cA lot of times, it\u2019s harder for us, or at least for me, sometimes to know what you\u2019re capable of when you\u2019ve been pigeon-holed into something,\u201d Johnson told reporters in Venice.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou know, when you\u2019re in Hollywood, as we all know, it had become about box office. And it can be very resounding and it can push you into a category and into a corner,\u201d he continued, before admitting that he gave into the commercial pressure.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis is your lane. This is what you do, and this is what people want you to be, and this is what Hollywood wants you to be. And I understood that. And I made those movies and I liked them and they were fun. Some were really good and did well, and some not so good,\u201d Johnson said.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI just had this burning desire and this voice that was saying, well again, \u2018what if? But what if there is more? And what if I can?\u2019\u201d he added.\n <\/p>\n
\n The 53-year-old \u2013 who joined the board directors<\/a> for TKO Group Holdings, the company consisting of the merged WWE and UFC<\/a> \u2013 will soon return for the new season of ESPN\u2019s football talk show \u201cManningcast.\u201d\n <\/p>\n\n \u201cThe Smashing Machine,\u201d directed by Benny Safdie, will premiere in Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, before debuting in the United States and the United Kingdom the following month.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n