Stallone Quotes & Sayings

I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time. — Sylvester Stallone

When you are young, you often think that the world spins around you. You think you can do anything, can take the world on your shoulders. — Sylvester Stallone

The first time I met [Sylvester Stallone], he had golf tees up his nose. So I figured we were going to be OK. — Sandra Bullock

Just because society says I'm old doesn't mean I am. — Sylvester Stallone

Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance. — Sylvester Stallone

I'm astounded by people who take eighteen years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write Madame Bovary, and was that ever on the best-seller list? — Sylvester Stallone

I thought I had reached a point in life where everything would be smooth. But it is not. It just gets more jagged and pitted and filled with turns that take you into the dark recesses of your mind. It never seems to get easy. — Sylvester Stallone

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.' — Sylvester Stallone

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

I'm not a genetically superior person. I built my body. — Sylvester Stallone

I never came with a conscious plan to replace anyone else. Stallone does feel that way. He is a real tough guy in real life, and he gets to act that out. If you meet him and work with him, he is what he is. He is a guy that works out every day. — Dolph Lundgren

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. — Sylvester Stallone

My father realizes that he did okay with me. He did the best he could. — Sage Stallone

We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it's a metaphorical battle all of the time. — Sylvester Stallone

The character of Rocky was built on the idea that he was chosen to do something. That's why the first image in Rocky is the picture of Christ. — Sylvester Stallone

No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy. — Sylvester Stallone

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. — Sylvester Stallone

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. — Sylvester Stallone

Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio. — Frank Stallone

I think the whole nostalgia for the forty year gap for [Sylvester] Stallone was bigger than the movie [Creed], but it's good because the movie still gets recognized with Stallone's involvement. I'm sure the director [Ryan Coogler] is still proud of his film, but it's very hard to nominate a director. — Bun B.

In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there. — Sage Stallone

I'm a long way from being evicted [at the age of 14], but I'll never forget it. I'll never forget the feeling. I'll never forget my mom crying and I'll never forget the thought I had: 'Well the only thing I can do is just go build my body,' because the men who were successful that I knew of - Stallone, Arnold, Bruce Willis - they were men of action. — Dwayne Johnson

People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight. — Sylvester Stallone

The one thing in my films, I only kill people who need to be killed, or killers killing killers. And I believe that the violence is very justifiable. — Sylvester Stallone

I just want to say that, all you do, no matter how bad your diet is, for the first six months or year, I just reduce the amount, even if it's horrible stuff. That you can deal with it. — Sylvester Stallone

There'll never be a 'Rocky IV.' You gotta call a halt. — Sylvester Stallone

I've always said that the artist dies twice. And the first death is the hardest which is the career death, the creative death. The physical death is an inevitability. — Sylvester Stallone

I really am a manifestation of my own fantasy. — Sylvester Stallone

The men in Vietnam weren't allowed to fight the war with any kind of concern to win by the government. It was like a war of attrition. — Sylvester Stallone

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

When you find the right components in your life, the right people, that gel with you, then you feel as though you're invincible. It may be a fallacy, but you at least feel as though you can take all that life has to dish out. — Sylvester Stallone

I tell people diets don't work. And I don't care what they say. I have tried them all. — Sylvester Stallone

Years ago I was diagnosed with a condition, and my doctors prescribed human growth hormone and testosterone for its treatment. Under medical supervision, I have continued to use both medications. — Sylvester Stallone

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left. — Sylvester Stallone

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. — Sylvester Stallone

I started out as an actor, but I forced myself to be a writer, even though I wasn't very good at it and had never written. I don't think I ever passed an English course in my life. My first eight to 10 scripts were pretty horrendous, but I stayed at it, stayed at it, and stayed at it, until I eventually found a voice and a subject like Rocky that people were interested in. — Sylvester Stallone

If you're gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy. — Sylvester Stallone

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

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. — Sylvester Stallone

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake. — Sylvester Stallone

I respect a woman too much to marry her. — Sylvester Stallone

'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory. — Sylvester Stallone

I would never run for president. — Sylvester Stallone

Children are the first thing I see in the morning and the last thing I see at night. It hurts me to be away from them for a few hours. It really does. I love them and they're girls, so they know how to push my buttons. But I've learned a lot and I have to thank my wife for that. — Sylvester Stallone

Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.' — Sylvester Stallone

One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to listen to my singing and playing. When I was done, he politely handed me a ticket for disturbing the peace, while at the same time telling me how much he liked my voice. I wish I still had that ticket. — Frank Stallone

Every time I've failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back. — Sylvester Stallone

I think everyone has questions in their mind. Did they do their very best? — Sylvester Stallone

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. — Sylvester Stallone

Polo is like tennis - you literally have to live it. — Sylvester Stallone

I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro - pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you're going in your career by the company you keep. — Kevin Hart

Study people's success stories hard. Study their failures even harder. — Sylvester Stallone

On the sequel, you've lost the element of surprise. Usually, on the first one you may not go very, very deep into character; the second one you start to explore the character a bit more. — Sylvester Stallone

I love art more than anything in the world except for my family. — Sylvester Stallone

From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like Stallone or Schwarzenegger usually attract the more aggressive fans. — Robin Williams

Next to filmmaking and stuff like that, skiing is my favorite thing. I go skiing in Aspen - everywhere. I have been skiing since I was 4. I just love it. I feel so free. — Sage Stallone

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

I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous. — Sylvester Stallone

Through failure, I found different ways to reverse my problems and get into the mainstream of Hollywood. — Sylvester Stallone

I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during 'Rocky II' and had 60 stitches. If you've seen 'Rocky Balboa,' you'll know how bad they look. — Sylvester Stallone

Everybody has anger or regret in them one way or another. They all try different things to get it out. Some people go to psychiatrists. Some paint pictures. Some people talk it out. — Sylvester Stallone

'These boat people,' says the government of Hong Kong, 'they all want to go to America.' Well, I swear I don't know why, do you? I mean, take Vietnam. Why would any Vietnamese come to America after what American did to Vietnam? Don't they remember My Lai, napalm, Sylvester Stallone? — Linda Ellerbee

I've had a lot of operations. I'm kind of like Franken-actor. — Sylvester Stallone

I was going to play in First Blood, but I suggested to changing it and I dropped out. I said to [Silvester] Stallone, 'You know, I almost stopped you from making millions of dollars,' because in my suggestion, I killed his character at the end of the picture . — Kirk Douglas

There are endless exercises for arms, but the basics are best-chinups and pushups. — Sylvester Stallone

Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture. — Sylvester Stallone

Without love, loyalty, desires, passion, courage, dignities, faith, beliefs and all the other ingredients that go into making the human soul something so elevated that only God knows its limits, we are only shells bobbing aimlessly in a calm sea of mediocrity ... And if you can figure that out, please write and explain it to me because you're a better man than I am. — Sylvester Stallone

There's no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He's brilliant. — Sylvester Stallone

If you think people are inherently good, you get rid of the police for 24 hours - see what happens. — Sylvester Stallone

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. — Sylvester Stallone

Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded. — Sylvester Stallone

I wanted to show I had balls at age 60. Just because society says I'm old, doesn't mean that I am. I'm pursuing happiness, even if it makes the people around me unhappy. — Sylvester Stallone

Age is a state of old mind. It gets to a point where if you get old enough, you forget how old you are, and that's the best thing. And then you walk around kind of like in a fog. — Sylvester Stallone

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

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. — Sylvester Stallone

The idea that boxing lends itself to cinema so well is because it's usually a morality play - good against evil, insecurity and triumph, fear strikes out, so the audience can really get drawn into the drama of it. Also, it was sensual and very primal. I think subliminaly we do two things - life is a fight, life is a struggle and we understand that from our early, early, early ancestors, and life is a race. — Sylvester Stallone

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

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification. — Sylvester Stallone

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. — Sylvester Stallone

On the one hand, you have these huge budget films that cost millions of dollars. They are effects driven, they don't have well known actors in them, and they are making money. Well, some of them are. One the other hand, you have Stallone and Statham, and guys like DeNiro and Pacino, and Costner, who are all trying to make movies about real people. They are interested in character driven projects. — Dolph Lundgren

Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give ... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward. — Sylvester Stallone

Time is truly the great enemy. It's not the great healer, it's the great stealer. — Sylvester Stallone

Action film is really easy to do, you just get in a car and smash through things and it's called action. The real key is what happens between the action when it's quiet. Loud is easy. Quiet, real hard. — Sylvester Stallone

Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment. — Sylvester Stallone

When I was cognizant of the war, I was very angry at the street-corner liberals who were trying to defame the footsoldier. Because there was a man who had no choice. He was a cog in the wheel, just trying to survive. I was always aware of that. — Sylvester Stallone

To be really artful, though, you have to be subjective and so singular. — Sylvester Stallone

When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals. — Sylvester Stallone

Stallone is a great writer. He wrote one of the best screenplays ever written. Rocky. It is one of the biggest classics of all time. I think in the past, he was shying away from writing his own stuff, because there is a lot of pressure when you star in something that you write. — Dolph Lundgren

I guess the best thing I do of all is ride. Horsemanship, I have a natural flair for it. — Sylvester Stallone

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. — Sylvester Stallone

I watch a lot of news, and I watch musical shows because I think the music of the young people is really their news reports. They let you know how their country is going through their eyes, and about their experiences in the everyday shock of growing up. — Sylvester Stallone

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together. — Sylvester Stallone

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned. — Sylvester Stallone

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

When crossing someone's borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory. — Sylvester Stallone

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. — Sylvester Stallone

The man who can best gets along with women, is the man who can get along without them. — Sylvester Stallone

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

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

The idea of Rambo is kind of intriguing as a closing chapter. When you shoot a film as a sequel to do another sequel it's a whole other tone. But when you know it's the final chapter you try and put in there as much emotion, understanding and closure as you can. So, whereas Rocky is a lighter character and optimistic, Rambo is much darker. — Sylvester Stallone