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,…

— Sylvester Stallone

I think I came along at an opportune time. I don't know if that would happen anymore, because the whole way of…

— Sylvester Stallone

Most of the films I myself like don't do very well. Every director, he has a choice, whether to go for subtlety…

— 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

I wish my daughters would box. I'm so worried about the guys coming up to them. I would love them to be…

— Sylvester Stallone

The one thing in my films, I only kill people who need to be killed, or killers killing killers. And I believe…

— Sylvester Stallone

If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you…

— Sylvester Stallone

Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.

— Sylvester Stallone

Remember the mind is your best muscle...BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains... Ride the brain train for…

— Sylvester Stallone

I think there's a kind of built-in arrogance to anyone who considers themself an artist. They want to feel as though like…

— Sylvester Stallone

I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in…

— Sylvester Stallone

To me, the most perfect screenplay ever written will be one word, when you finally reduce it down to that. Until then,…

— Sylvester Stallone

The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.

— Sylvester Stallone

Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.

— Sylvester Stallone

I thought marriage was tough. Golf's like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel! It's a psychological game that gets into your…

— Sylvester Stallone

I keep trying to tell people. I said, at 40, 45, you're at that crossroads. You really are there. And it's not…

— Sylvester Stallone

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

— Sylvester Stallone

Now if you know what you're worth. Then go out and get what you're worth.

— 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

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

— Sylvester Stallone

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…

— Sylvester Stallone

I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while... if…

— Sylvester Stallone

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like…

— 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

Without love, loyalty, desires, passion, courage, dignities, faith, beliefs and all the other ingredients that go into making the human soul something…

— Sylvester Stallone