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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Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.

Sylvester Stallone

When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.

Sylvester Stallone

I'll always have this blue-collar connection. For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life.

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 start to flatline in your life.

Sylvester Stallone

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

Sylvester Stallone

Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality - that's the main event.

Sylvester Stallone

When I saw 'Hercules,' my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I literally ran out of the theatre and started lifting things, anything I could think of - milk crates. I'm still lifting things. It changed my life.

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

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big.

Sylvester Stallone

For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That's where you set your goal.

Sylvester Stallone

'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory.

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

When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.

Sylvester Stallone

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.

Sylvester Stallone

My life has always been chaotic. From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It's always been do it yourself, kind of like paper-clip it together.

Sylvester Stallone

In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can't control a nine-year-old girl.

Sylvester Stallone

I just fight in my movies, never in real life.

Sylvester Stallone

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.

Sylvester Stallone

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.

Sylvester Stallone

Every time I've failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.

Sylvester Stallone

I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.

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?