Daniel Bryan doesnt have aspirations of being some crossover movie star.

Far from it, in fact.

My main passion is wrestling, he toldDen of Geek.

I was injured, so I just had to be away for 10 months.

I dont want to be away from wrestling even a little.

Bryan will make his animated debut in two weeks (March 17) whenStone Age Smackdownis released on DVD.

I honestly didnt know what it entailed.

You know, obviously, that the cartoons arent talking themselves, but I never realized the process.

You have somebody in a room, reading all these lines.

Actually my first thought was that my niece would love it.

But this process was entirely different.

There wasnt a crowd to feed the emotion.

It was just Bryan, a script, and a microphone.

That was a big help, Bryan said.

It made it way easier.

We were able to react to each other vocally.

Being in there alone, I think that would have made it a lot more difficult for me.

Thats what Im used to doing.

To go somewhere and talk with nobody reacting, that would have been really hard.

We didnt have cable growing up, Bryan said.

We had several cartoons on basic TV and I really liked (The Fintstones).

It was cool to see them in situations where we were going through the same things.

It was a fun show with a lot characters.

Bamm-Bamm was always my favorite.

Bryan calls the movie a blast, but hes clearly a wrestler first.

But it was wrestling magazines.

And these were wrestling magazines from the 1980s, so there were guys covered in blood.

I just looked at it and thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Gradually I got more into it on my own, he said.

From then on, I loved it.

Bryan is very much his own man.

When asked about his television character, the humble, soft-spoken Bryan chuckled.

Ive never really been a character on TV, Bryan said.

I think, if possible, you want to portray yourself.

If youre in a situation where youre supposed to react, you’re gonna wanna react.

A lot of things go through your head, but I just give a shot to react.

You dont consciously take a stab at emulate anyone, but subconsciously, were all emulating someone.