I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.
SYLVESTER STALLONETo me, the most perfect screenplay ever written will be one word, when you finally reduce it down to that. Until then, writing will be an imperfect form of communication.
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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 try to eliminate as much dialogue as possible, and I guess Rambo is my really best experiment with how to eliminate dialogue.
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The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it’s best to stay focused and be honest with yourself.
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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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Going in one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference in your life.
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You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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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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Theater is like boxing – having the audience ringside. It’s instant gratification. Or horrification.
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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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I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
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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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Plan B. You’ve always got to have a Plan B.
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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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I know I’m incredibly unpredictable, and that’s the only thing I’m sure of.
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I tell people diets don’t work. And I don’t care what they say. I have tried them all.
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