The 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 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.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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I’m a patriot of the heart.
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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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Remember the mind is your best muscle, BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains. Ride the brain train for success.
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Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
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Don’t be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there’s a reaction.
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Most 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.
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A lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.
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When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn’t do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me – action pictures.
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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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To know that the odds are so high that only through the perishing of your life will the minions survive, that’s love. That’s heroism.
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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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Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.
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Making 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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Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.
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If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.
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