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.
SYLVESTER STALLONEWhen 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.
SYLVESTER STALLONEMovies are the work of a collective conscious. It takes 500-800 people on a movie to complete a vision.
SYLVESTER STALLONEThe 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.
SYLVESTER STALLONEThe only thing that I haven’t done is perform brain surgery on myself. I’ve been very, very lucky. I’ve spared Shakespeare undue stress by not doing that.
SYLVESTER STALLONEThe only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can’t change. After I die, I’ll probably come back as a paintbrush.
SYLVESTER STALLONEThere’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI made some truly awful movies. ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’ was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI have tons of regrets, but I think that’s one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.
SYLVESTER STALLONEStudy people’s success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.
SYLVESTER STALLONEYour spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.
SYLVESTER STALLONEAll young men want to prove themselves.
SYLVESTER STALLONEMost action is based on redemption and revenge, and that’s a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It’s how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
SYLVESTER STALLONENothing’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.
SYLVESTER STALLONEThe way to be successful in Hollywood is to be as obnoxious as the next guy.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI’m a patriot of the heart.
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