Sylvester Stallone Quotes - Page 11

I try to tell people that just because you're buff and cut doesn't mean you're healthy.

The idea that boxing lends itself to cinema so well is because it's usually a morality play - good against evil, insecurity and triumph, fear strikes out, so the audience can really get drawn into the drama of it. Also, it was sensual and very primal. I think subliminaly we do two things - life is a fight, life is a struggle and we understand that from our early, early, early ancestors, and life is a race.

The idea of Rambo is kind of intriguing as a closing chapter. When you shoot a film as a sequel to do another sequel it's a whole other tone. But when you know it's the final chapter you try and put in there as much emotion, understanding and closure as you can. So, whereas Rocky is a lighter character and optimistic, Rambo is much darker.

It's funny because when Jason [Statham] was drowning I was filming with an iPhone. It may have been a bit insensitive but I just thought, "you know what, this was a magic moment". And I couldn't help him anyway because I didn't want to drown.

I'm astounded by people who take eighteen years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write Madame Bovary, and was that ever on the best-seller list?

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.

You can actually alter a person's perception when they're that young. I mean, it can affect them in a very positive way.

I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.

When people meet me they’re often surprised. I talk a great deal.

When I'm on a location, I pick a restaurant that's close and private and eat all my meals there.

Years ago I was diagnosed with a condition and my doctors prescribed human growth hormone and testosterone for its treatment. Under medical supervision I have continued to use both medications.

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.

Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up.

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.

In fact, every day I'll read a chapter of some art book. I don't know why. It's just a habit.

Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.

There'll never be a 'Rocky IV.' You gotta call a halt.

Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.

People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.

People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real.

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.

On the sequel, you've lost the element of surprise. Usually, on the first one you may not go very, very deep into character; the second one you start to explore the character a bit more.

I think I'd like to be remembered as someone who beat the odds through just plain determination. ... that I persevered. Because I think that being somewhat of a pest to life, constantly plaguing and pursuing, will bring results.

I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine all the different elements of communication.