Sylvester Stallone

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

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 action film.

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

Consider the source…Don’t be a fool by listening to a fool.

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

Everyone has this conjecture that action films are somewhat less prestigious than dramatic films. Nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve done them both and this is hard and dangerous.

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

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

Sylvester Stallone

I abused my body so much throughout my career that I am literally held together by glue. The stuff I took thickens the bones and reinforces the tendons.

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