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" People asked if I could have played the Terminator. Are you kidding? Not a chance, I never could have played the Terminator. "

Sylvester Stallone

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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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" I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too. "

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" 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. "

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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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" I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I've had a rather tumultuous personal life. It hasn't been dull; I've been the Hiroshima of love. "

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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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" 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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" When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of. "

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" Every morning, I crawl out of bed. I sit there and think, 'Do I really need this?' And I drag myself to the gym in my garage. It's not fun. I hate it. I work out alone. Weights. "

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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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" My favorite snack would have to be Fritos, no doubt about it. Fritos and mayonnaise. I know. Really healthy, isn't it? "

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" I was on cruise control from '85 to '95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn't directing. I wasn't writing. That's not who I am. "

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

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