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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. "

Sylvester Stallone

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" All young men want to prove themselves. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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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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" When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life. "

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

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" I know I can't play funny roles in movies. I tried, and it didn't work. "

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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 was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today. "

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" People that spend time in a foxhole - they're never going to find that relationship anywhere else again... Everything else pales next to that. When you think about the Second World War vets - more than even the Vietnam vets - there's a brotherhood. "

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" 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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" When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures. "

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

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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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" Movies are the work of a collective conscious. It takes 500-800 people on a movie to complete a vision. "

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