If you don’t have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.
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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The 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.
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I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you’re going to fail big or you’re gonna win big.
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Rambo isn’t violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.
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I 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.
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All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.
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If it’s not broken, break it. That’s how new discoveries are made. That’s why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.
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When you’re an actor, you’re a slave to other people’s visions.
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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.
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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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Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
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I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.
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All young men want to prove themselves.
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Gangster is the truest friend I can ever ask for.
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Boxing is a great exercise as long as you can yell “cut” whenever you want to.
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We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it’s a metaphorical battle all of the time.
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