At the end of the day, ‘Rocky’ is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.
SYLVESTER STALLONEAt the end of the day, ‘Rocky’ is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.
SYLVESTER STALLONESuccess is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
SYLVESTER STALLONEA lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.
SYLVESTER STALLONETo 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.
SYLVESTER STALLONEBoxing is a great exercise as long as you can yell “cut” whenever you want to.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager.
SYLVESTER STALLONEIf you’re willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it’s, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.
SYLVESTER STALLONEIt would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI really am a manifestation of my own fantasy.
SYLVESTER STALLONEAt the very end, the one person who Rambo should kill, he doesn’t kill. He lets it live. Because you can’t kill that kind of hypocritical bureaucracy. It goes on forever.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI love being verbal in films.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI thought marriage was tough. Golf’s like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel! It’s a psychological game that gets into your blood.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI 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.
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.
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