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" 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. "

Sylvester Stallone

You

Yourself

Surround Yourself

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" Jesus is the inspiration for anyone to go the distance. "

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Inspiration

Distance

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

" I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche - there ought to be some interesting discoveries there. Love stories. If you do it right, people want to hear romantic dialog. "

" I love being verbal in films. "

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

" 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. "

" In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can't control a nine-year-old girl. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Sylvester Stallone

Expect

Disaster

" In a contest between me and a bulldog, you would say the bulldog is cuter. "

Sylvester Stallone

You

Would

" Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older. "

Sylvester Stallone

Important

Sense

" Now it really is, believe it or not, 90% of the films are green lit, not by the studio heads, but by the marketing department. "

" 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. "

" Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is. "

" I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one. "

" When boxers are in the ring, they're simple. It's when the fight is over, that's when the other fight, the real fight, begins. That's the problem. "

" There might have been a period around 'Tango & Cash' when I was nearly fashionable. My problem is that my weight's always been changing for the movies I'm in. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

" I made some truly awful movies. 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes. "

" 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.' "

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

" I'm a patriot of the heart. "

Sylvester Stallone

Patriot

Heart

" There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone. "

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

" I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-top events that they can't suspend disbelief. "

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

" Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake. "

Sylvester Stallone

Playing

Trying

" I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time. "