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" 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. "

Sylvester Stallone

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" When I'm doing a movie, I eat the same thing every day. For lunch, it's tuna salad or chicken salad and cole slaw. That's it. For dinner it's either veal and rice, fish and rice or steak and rice. It gets boring; boy, does it get boring. "

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" When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair. "

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

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" Every time I've failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works. "

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" 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. "

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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 have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated. "

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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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" It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line of broken marriages. My parents divorced, and I had two broken marriages myself. "

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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. "

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" I'm a patriot of the heart. "

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" Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. "

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" Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived. "

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" 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. "

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" Clothing is the first step to building a character. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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" I'm pretty spiritual; I believe a lot in the spirit of man. "

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" Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting. "

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" 'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory. "

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

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man. "

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