Randy Orton deu recentemente uma entrevista à SLAM! Wrestling, onde fala de si próprio, de John Cena e da nova vida como futuro pai.
Quando questionado sobre quem seria a pessoa da WWE que Orton mais respeita, a resposta foi algo surpreendente:
"Right now, I look at someone like Rey Mysterio. He's got two kids, a beautiful wife. He's a real family guy. I look at Rey out of the ring, that's how I'd like to picture myself."
Informado posteriormente sobre esses comentários, Rey Mysterio pareceu agradecido:
"Coming from a third-generation wrestler like Randy Orton, when he's days from being a parent himself, it makes me proud. I'm honored that he would mention that. I know Randy very well. For him to speak on a personal level like that, I'm happy that he actually picked those words and put me in that category."
Voltando a Orton, embora deixando claro que ele não é na vida real o personagem que representa na WWE, admitiu que existem algumas parecenças:
"My character on the show is somewhat of a prick. In real life I'm not that same guy, but there's hints of that in me. If you catch me on a bad day walking through the airport, and you've got a hundred pictures you want me to sign, you might hear some four-letter word you won't normally hear coming out of my mouth. I've got a little leeway because I'm a bad guy on the show, so in real life, if I don't feel like talking to somebody, I don't have to."
Orton disse saber que não é o atleta mais dotado dos ringues da WWE ("I've got three moves!", disse ele), mas afirma ter algo que muita gente não tem: capacidade de actuação.
"What a lot of our guys and girls throw away is the facials, the body language. They hurry up and get to the next thing before they should, when they should take a breather and realize there's no action, so here's a camera on me. You've got to take advantage of that. This is your money right here, this is where you're going to sell that persona, that character."
Durante a entrevista, Orton falou também sobre John Cena, seu amigo de longa data (desde os tempos de Prototype), e deu a sua justificação para o facto de Cena não conquistar uma grande parte do público:
"I started out with [Cena] and we were good friends, and he's always been that kind of white meat babyface. I really don't understand why they don't like him, to be honest with you. Maybe he's too much of a good guy. Maybe if he had a little bit more of an edge, that would help."
Por último, Orton referiu-se ao facto de vir a ser pai brevemente:
"With my baby, I want to set a good example, be a good father figure. At the same time, when I come to work, I want to be all business."