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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 Stallone

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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Artist Change Death Happiness Paint Yourself
I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God’s Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give.
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Guidance Realization Spiritual Thinking Time Yourself
You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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Equipment Pieces Soul Yourself
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
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Blow Myself Rejection Treat Wake Up
I’d rather do something I love badly than to feel bad about not doing something I love.
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Bad Choice Love Myself
I really am a manifestation of my own fantasy.
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Fantasy Manifestation Myself
Through failure, I found different ways to reverse my problems and get into the mainstream of Hollywood.
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Different Failure Hollywood Myself Problem Reverse
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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Character Comedy End Musician Myself People Play Try
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
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Work Yourself
If you’re gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.
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Enjoyment Failure Oneself Yourself
For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can’t all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That’s where you set your goal.
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Better Goal Life Opportunity Ourselves Stardom Thinking
Everybody has anger or regret in them one way or another. They all try different things to get it out. Some people go to psychiatrists. Some paint pictures. Some people talk it out.
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Angry Artist Different Oneself People Regret Talk Therapy Way
You are what you leave behind.
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Leaving Legacy One Liner 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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Comparison Editor Hard Ideas People Sound Support Writing Yourself
I’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Character Further Myself Truth
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.
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Experience Growth Music Myself News Report Thinking Watch
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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Best Brain Inspirational Mindset Remember Ride Smart Train Yourself
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
I made some truly awful movies. ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’ was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes.
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Confession Mom Movie Myself Stop True
At 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.
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End Forever Hypocrisy Kill Kind Live Person
The older I get the more things I gotta leave behind.
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Leaving Myself Old
I 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.
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Believe Heart Listening Lose Myself Power Truth Win
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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Fire Kind People Retirement Sight Yourself
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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Action Formula Interesting Revenge
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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Alone Break End Hurt Karma Law Natural People
Once in one’s life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.
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Life Live Moments Mortal Oneself
Clothing is the first step to building a character.
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Character Clothes Oneself Step

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.

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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.

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