THE MIZ

I remember seeing an action figure of The Rock and going, 'You know what? I'm going to become a WWE Superstar.'

It's truly wonderful to have a kid. It's the best gift you could possibly get.

You have to know what your talent is, and you have to exploit it. And then, while you're exploiting that talent, you find ways and tools to elevate other sides of you that are weaker.

I surprised the hell out of myself when I got MVP for the 2018 All Star Legends Celebrity game. I had no idea I was going to get that.

We weave our real lives into our WWE lives. We just look at what's happening in our lives, and what can we do? What's the most annoying - as a bad guy, as a villain, what's the thing we can do to make people hate us?

It's a learning process, and now I know that even when you don't have a title, or you're not in a main event caliber program, you have to remain 'main event level' and always not allow anything to hinder that.

I know how to make noise; I really do. I'm really good at it.

The thing about being on a reality show is you'll never get respect. You're living your life on television. You're not doing anything special.

Believe it or not, a lot of people watch social media. I have 1.5 million people on Instagram, 2.5 million people on Twitter: that is how many people are watching whatever I do.

I don't want to be the dad that's not there. I don't want the kid to ever think that I wasn't there.

I walk, talk, and act like a star, and guess what? I am a star.

You look at John Cena - whether you love him or you hate him, he always gets a reaction. Roman Reigns has that same aura, that same ability.

I remember sitting on my couch on a Saturday watching reruns of 'The Real World.' And it said, 'Do you want to be on 'The Real World?' Go to MTV.com, and you can try out there.' And I said, 'I want to be on 'The Real World.'' And I sent in my tape.

Nobody has a scientific formula to being the most over superstar in all of WWE.

The Miz is a character I created. He's basically a wrestling star.

I'm the bad guy in WWE, which I find hilarious.

When you're in WWE and you're in front of 16,000 screaming fans booing you or cheering you, you only have one take.

As a kid, growing up, my heroes all had the Intercontinental Championship. Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Mr. Perfect, Ric Rude, all of them. And they were the people I looked up to and wanted to be like.

My mind is always in Hollywood.

The fact is I'm always going to have naysayers. You're always going to have haters. It really doesn't bother me because I just rise above it.

If you come from WWE, you have a thick skin because you're hated on all day, every day.

I think when you come from a reality show, nobody really respects you from the movie industry or from the WWE industry.

I follow basketball, so I kind of know who LaVar Ball is; you know, I know his son Lonzo.

I kind of had that Parma, Ohio, mentality that after high school, you go to college. Then after college, you get a job; then you get a family. And after that, you just stick around Parma.

Like I always say, the man makes the title; the title doesn't make the man.