I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.
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.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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The way to be successful in Hollywood is to be as obnoxious as the next guy.
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Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
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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.
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Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.
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Rambo isn’t violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.
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When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn’t expect me in comedies or musicals.
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No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.
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People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.
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Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate’s or children’s egos than your own. You’re now a giver instead of a taker.
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I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
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When crossing someone’s borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory.
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I respect a woman too much to marry her.
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I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.
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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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That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
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