Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

About Sylvester Stallone:

Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Stallone is well known for his Hollywood action roles. Two notable characters he has portrayed are the boxer Rocky Balboa, the title character of the Rocky series from 1976 to 2008 and soldier John Rambo from the Rambo saga, which ran from 1982 to 2008. He wrote every episode of the two eponymous franchises, and directed some of their installments as well.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media to make a flop.

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 days - it's possible to do extraordinary feats.

Sylvester Stallone

I was on cruise control from '85 to '95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn't directing. I wasn't writing. That's not who I am.

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

I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault.

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 got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your...

Sylvester Stallone

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

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

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

Sylvester Stallone

I wish I had thought of Velcro muscles myself. I didn't have to go to the gym for all those years, all the hours wedded to the iron game, as we call it.

Sylvester Stallone

I loved 'Rocky' and 'Rambo', and am very proud of them.

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

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

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

I'm pretty spiritual; I believe a lot in the spirit of man.

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

When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions.

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.

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

Author Bio

  • NameSylvester Stallone
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, screenwriter, and film director
  • AliasesSylvester Gardenzio Stallone; Sly Stallone; Stallone; Sly
  • BornJuly 6, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Film Director; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Writer; Actor
  • AwardsOfficier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?