Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that’s just the way it is.
SYLVESTER STALLONEThe more I go to church and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus and listening to His Word and having Him guide my hand, I feel as though the pressure is off me now.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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At the end of the day, ‘Rocky’ is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.
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I don’t fall into the physical manifestation of a man of letters. So I guess people assume the scripts are delivered to me under the door.
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In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can’t control a nine-year-old girl.
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Age is a state of old mind. It gets to a point where if you get old enough, you forget how old you are, and that’s the best thing. And then you walk around kind of like in a fog.
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You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager.
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The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it’s best to stay focused and be honest with yourself.
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That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
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I thought I had reached a point in life where everything would be smooth. But it is not. It just gets more jagged and pitted and filled with turns that take you into the dark recesses of your mind. It never seems to get easy.
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There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.
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Like I said, I’ve got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support them emotionally and financially.
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People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.
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I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I’ve had a rather tumultuous personal life. It hasn’t been dull; I’ve been the Hiroshima of love.
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I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.
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With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn’t elicit laughter.
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Boxing is a great exercise as long as you can yell “cut” whenever you want to.
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When you find the right components in your life, the right people, that gel with you, then you feel as though you’re invincible. It may be a fallacy, but you at least feel as though you can take all that life has to dish out.
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I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.
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Rambo isn’t violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.
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Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.
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Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.
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I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you’re going to fail big or you’re gonna win big.
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Characters I’ve played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.
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Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.
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When you’re an actor, you’re a slave to other people’s visions.
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Gangster is the truest friend I can ever ask for.
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