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" All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves. "

Sylvester Stallone

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" Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There's tremendous support - you've got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your pages. "

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" When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions. "

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" The biggest and most interesting crisis in the world is the human crisis, and it never gets boring. It goes back to Shakespeare. You don't need a gimmick; it's just man against man and their intolerance of each other. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" All young men want to prove themselves. "

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" A lot of women read male magazines. Of course, a lot of guys read female magazines, but they've got another issue to deal with. But a lot of women read men's magazines and think, 'Oh, this is what these guys are thinking? Studying up on the enemy here.' "

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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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" 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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" My life has always been chaotic. From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It's always been do it yourself, kind of like paper-clip it together. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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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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" I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left. "

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" I love art more than anything in the world except for my family. "

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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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" I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful. "

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" I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during 'Rocky II' and had 60 stitches. If you've seen 'Rocky Balboa,' you'll know how bad they look. "

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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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" Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it. "

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