Top 154 Quotes by Sylvester Stallone

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

When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food. I'll eat anything. I'll eat dirt.

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

Clothing is the first step to building a character.

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

Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak.

There might have been a period around 'Tango & Cash' when I was nearly fashionable. My problem is that my weight's always been changing for the movies I'm in.

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.

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.

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.