Sylvester Stallone Quotes

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Sylvester Stallone

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 6, 1946

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.

Sylvester Stallone

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.

Sylvester Stallone

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

Sylvester Stallone

I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.

Sylvester Stallone

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.

Sylvester Stallone

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.

Sylvester Stallone

I made some truly awful movies. 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes.

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

Every morning, I crawl out of bed. I sit there and think, 'Do I really need this?' And I drag myself to the gym in my garage. It's not fun. I hate it. I work out alone. Weights.

Sylvester Stallone

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

Sylvester Stallone

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

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project.

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Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.

Sylvester Stallone

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

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

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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

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.

Sylvester Stallone

I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful.

Sylvester Stallone