Study people’s success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.
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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Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.
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Through failure, I found different ways to reverse my problems and get into the mainstream of Hollywood.
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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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I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while if you keep on walking.
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To 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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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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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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Theater is like boxing – having the audience ringside. It’s instant gratification. Or horrification.
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I’ve been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.
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You’re a disease. And I’m the cure.
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Movies are the work of a collective conscious. It takes 500-800 people on a movie to complete a vision.
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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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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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If you’re gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.
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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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