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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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" I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers. "

" 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. "

" I know I'm incredibly unpredictable, and that's the only thing I'm sure of. "

" I'll always have this blue-collar connection. 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. "

" I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I've just decided I want to get rid of it all. Not that it's not great art, but all of a sudden my mood has changed, and I want to go back to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century masters. "

" If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there'd be bodies hanging from every tree! "

" The day I can't walk is the day I quit movies. "

" Your brain is triggered to produce. "

" 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. "

" A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence. "

" I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist. You're going to always be remembered for them, no matter what you do. "

" You are what you leave behind. "

" If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 days - it's possible to do extraordinary feats. "

" 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

" Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality - that's the main event. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Sylvester Stallone

Important

Sense

" 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. "

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

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

Sylvester Stallone

Inspiration

Distance

" 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. "

" 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. "