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.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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I love being verbal in films.
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No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.
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Suddenly I’ve got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.
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The way to be successful in Hollywood is to be as obnoxious as the next guy.
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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.
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I’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn’t elicit laughter.
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Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.
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I really am a manifestation of my own fantasy.
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All young men want to prove themselves.
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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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I thought marriage was tough. Golf’s like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel! It’s a psychological game that gets into your blood.
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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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Through failure, I found different ways to reverse my problems and get into the mainstream of Hollywood.
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You’re a disease. And I’m the cure.
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