Character Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

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

— Sylvester Stallone

Clothing is the first step to building a character.

— Sylvester Stallone

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

— Sylvester Stallone

Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.

— Sylvester Stallone

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

— 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…

— Sylvester Stallone

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

— 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…

— Sylvester Stallone

Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an…

— 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…

— Sylvester Stallone

I've always boxed a certain way. But with Rocky, the character himself had to be kind of awkward. So I had to…

— Sylvester Stallone

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a…

— Sylvester Stallone

Racing's very much like the world of acting. You have your front runners and you have guys that are there for the…

— Sylvester Stallone

The idea of Rambo is kind of intriguing as a closing chapter. When you shoot a film as a sequel to do…

— Sylvester Stallone