Through failure, I found different ways to reverse my problems and get into the mainstream of Hollywood.
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.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.
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When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.
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In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can’t control a nine-year-old girl.
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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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If you express yourself too much, you’re considered weak.
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I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.
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Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.
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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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Boxing is a great exercise as long as you can yell “cut” whenever you want to.
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I’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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When you’re scared, when you’re hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you’re going to see what you’re really made of.
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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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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 more I go to church and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus and listening to His Word and having Him guide my hand, I feel as though the pressure is off me now.
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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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I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.
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At the end of the day, ‘Rocky’ is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.
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Age is a state of old mind. It gets to a point where if you get old enough, you forget how old you are, and that’s the best thing. And then you walk around kind of like in a fog.
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Like I said, I’ve got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support them emotionally and financially.
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A lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.
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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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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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You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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Time is truly the great enemy. It’s not the great healer, it’s the great stealer.
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Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that’s just the way it is.
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