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" A lot of actors, and artists in general, never feel secure in love. They always feel everything's going to be taken away from them, professionally and personally; they're extremely emotional and volatile. "

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" For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That's where you set your goal. "

Sylvester Stallone

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Life

Opportunity

" I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big. "

" I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat. "

" 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. "

" Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak. "

" I've kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes, and eventually I'll spring back to what I originally was. "

Sylvester Stallone

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Life

" Usually whenever you're scared of something, do it. If you're not afraid of it, don't do it. "

" Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment. "

" I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism. "

" The trouble with remakes is that people fall in love with the original. It's like peanut butter. If you try to change the taste of peanut butter, you're in trouble. "

" Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me. "

Sylvester Stallone

Voice

Lost

" The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end. "

" I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault. "

Sylvester Stallone

You

" You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media to make a flop. "

Sylvester Stallone

Know

Think

" The world will never come together and say, 'We are one.' "

" I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project. "

" I think I'm a much better painter than an actor. "

" I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I've just decided I want to get rid of it all. Not that it's not great art, but all of a sudden my mood has changed, and I want to go back to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century masters. "

" 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. "

" 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 know I'm incredibly unpredictable, and that's the only thing I'm sure of. "

" If you think people are inherently good, you get rid of the police for 24 hours - see what happens. "

" 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. "

" What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan. "

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

" Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.' "

" You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up. "

" 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. "

" Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist. "

" I wish I had thought of Velcro muscles myself. I didn't have to go to the gym for all those years, all the hours wedded to the iron game, as we call it. "