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.
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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

People asked if I could have played the Terminator. Are you kidding? Not a chance, I never could have played the Terminator.

Sylvester Stallone

Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper abdominal muscles rather than your hip muscles. If you're not used to them, they can cause soreness a day or two later, but it's a 'cool' soreness. A ba...

Sylvester Stallone

I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine all the different elements of communication.

Sylvester Stallone

The trouble with remakes is that people fall in love with the original. It's like peanut butter. If you try to change the taste of peanut butter, you're in trouble.

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 a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up t...

Sylvester Stallone

When people meet me, they're often surprised - I talk a great deal.

Sylvester Stallone

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.

Sylvester Stallone

If you think people are inherently good, you get rid of the police for 24 hours - see what happens.

Sylvester Stallone

I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I've had a rather tumultuous personal life. It hasn't been dull; I've been the Hiroshima of love.

Sylvester Stallone

All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.

Sylvester Stallone

People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.

Sylvester Stallone

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

Sylvester Stallone

I know I can't play funny roles in movies. I tried, and it didn't work.

Sylvester Stallone

I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.

Sylvester Stallone

I've kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes, and eventually I'll spring back to what I originally was.

Sylvester Stallone

When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you ...

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?