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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. "

Sylvester Stallone

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" I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault. "

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" Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. "

" 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.' "

" I respect a woman too much to marry her. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian. "

" I'm not right wing, I'm not left wing. I love my country. "

" My life has always been chaotic. 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. "

" I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour. "

" I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they're going to feel that way at 72. You just deal with it better. I'm serious. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat. "

" 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. "

" Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn't mean you can't support them emotionally and financially. "

" I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts. "

" When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner. "

" 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. "

" Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There's tremendous support - you've got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your pages. "

" I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going. "

" 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. "