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" When people meet me, they're often surprised - I talk a great deal. "
Sylvester Stallone
People
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Me
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" 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. "
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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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" I know I can't play funny roles in movies. I tried, and it didn't work. "
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" Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people. "
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" If you think people are inherently good, you get rid of the police for 24 hours - see what happens. "
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" You are what you leave behind. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak. "
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" Just because society says I'm old doesn't mean I am. "
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" We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on. "
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" 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. "
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" I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour. "
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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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" That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood. "
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" I've had a lot of operations. I'm kind of like Franken-actor. "
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" I know I'm incredibly unpredictable, and that's the only thing I'm sure of. "
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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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" I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too. "
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" Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time. "
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" If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain. "
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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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" I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-top events that they can't suspend disbelief. "
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" The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think. "
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" 'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory. "
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