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" When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food. I'll eat anything. I'll eat dirt. "

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" I just fight in my movies, never in real life. "

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

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

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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. "

" I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think. "

" 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 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. "

" When I saw 'Hercules,' my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I literally ran out of the theatre and started lifting things, anything I could think of - milk crates. I'm still lifting things. It changed my life. "

" You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up. "

" You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment. "

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

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

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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. "

" I'm perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth. "

" 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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Think

" You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive. "

" Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me. "

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

" I've kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes, and eventually I'll spring back to what I originally was. "

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

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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. "

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