I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they’re going to feel that way at 72. You just deal with it better. I’m serious.
SYLVESTER STALLONECharacters I’ve played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.
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Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.
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You are what you leave behind.
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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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Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.
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All young men want to prove themselves.
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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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If you’re willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it’s, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.
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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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I’ve had a lot of operations. I’m kind of like Franken-actor.
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I don’t fall into the physical manifestation of a man of letters. So I guess people assume the scripts are delivered to me under the door.
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Theater is like boxing – having the audience ringside. It’s instant gratification. Or horrification.
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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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Time is truly the great enemy. It’s not the great healer, it’s the great stealer.
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I’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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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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