I’m not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.
SYLVESTER STALLONEMaking a movie is the same as an orchestra; it’s moving all the different instruments and the sounds, the kinetic and the auditory and the visual all together. I’m probably the trombone.
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When you’re pushed killing is as easy as breathing.
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I try to eliminate as much dialogue as possible, and I guess Rambo is my really best experiment with how to eliminate dialogue.
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Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but the loyalty never fades.
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You are what you leave behind.
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For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can’t all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That’s where you set your goal.
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Nothing’s harder than writing. There’s no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There’s tremendous support – you’ve got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it’s all you, and it’s just crippling when people tear up your pages.
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I’ve been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.
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You’re a disease. And I’m the cure.
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To me, the most perfect screenplay ever written will be one word, when you finally reduce it down to that. Until then, writing will be an imperfect form of communication.
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When you’re scared, when you’re hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you’re going to see what you’re really made of.
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Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.
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Now if you know what you’re worth. Then go out and get what you’re worth.
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I was an insecure kid. Once I saw ‘Hercules’ with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn’t be here today.
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Movies are a collective art. Art by proxy.
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I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It’s not easier, it’s more difficult.
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