“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.”

At the end of the day, ‘Rocky’ is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.

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.

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.

I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.

I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.

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.

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.

Boxing is a great exercise as long as you can yell “cut” whenever you want to.

I think I’m a much better painter than an actor.

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.

If you’re gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.

When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn’t expect me in comedies or musicals.

I thought marriage was tough. Golf’s like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel! It’s a psychological game that gets into your blood.

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager.

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

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.

Don’t be fooled by someone’s promises, when their actions often contradict their words.

You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.

Giving is a powerful action to bring more money into your life, because when you are giving you are saying, “I have plenty.”

How do Ferrari know what I’m doing next year when I don’t know what I’m doing next week?

I know what I’m doing. I know I’m shocking you.

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.

When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.

You are the one who calls the law of attraction into action, and you do it through your thoughts.