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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.

Sylvester Stallone

Rocky’ represents the optimistic side of life, and ‘Rambo’ represents purgatory.
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Life Optimism Representation
I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.
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Border Fear Height Myself
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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Heroism High Life Love Survive Yourself
Consider the source, Don’t be a fool by listening to a fool.
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Fools Listening Source
Theater is like boxing – having the audience ringside. It’s instant gratification. Or horrification.
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Audience Horrible Instant Theatre
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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Action Freedom Life Lunch Reaction Understand Yourself
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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Action Life Mistake Regret Yourself
I’m not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.
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Classical Eyes Myself Voice Work
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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Action Character Impact Movie Play Time
I watch a lot of news, and I watch musical shows because I think the music of the young people is really their news reports. They let you know how their country is going through their eyes, and about their experiences in the everyday shock of growing up.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Experience Growth Music Myself News Report Thinking Watch
It 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.
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Avoid Compassionate Failure Fire Generosity Greatness Success Wonderful
The older I get the more things I gotta leave behind.
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Leaving Myself Old
You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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Equipment Pieces Soul Yourself
Rambo isn’t violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.
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Myself Perspective Philanthropy Violence
That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Burden Pride Reputation
Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give, it’s about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.
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Endurance Hard Inspirational Life Move Yourself

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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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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