Sylvester Stallone quote: "The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist. You're going to always be remembered for them, no matter what you do."

Now it really is, believe it or not, 90% of the films are green lit, not by the studio heads, but by...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When boxers are in the ring, they're simple. It's when the fight is over, that's when th...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

In a contest between me and a bulldog, you would say the bulldog is cuter.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

The trouble with remakes is that people fall in love with the original. It's like peanut butter....
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I'll always have this blue-collar connection. For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot o...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't stra...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn't mean you can't supp...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and in...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it's important to show th...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story, and he could never have reached the final be...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing wha...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the be...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of light...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

My favorite snack would have to be Fritos, no doubt about it. Fritos and mayonnaise. I know. Really ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the ele...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is n...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains d...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Usually whenever you're scared of something, do it. If you're not afraid of it, don't do...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I h...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Every morning, I crawl out of bed. I sit there and think, 'Do I really need this?' And I dra...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for ev...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Clothing is the first step to building a character.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep go...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, w...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When I'm doing a movie, I eat the same thing every day. For lunch, it's tuna salad or chicke...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writin...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, an...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Roman...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

There's no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He's brillia...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retre...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things....
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, yo...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-to...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche - there ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there'd be bodies hanging from every tree!
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain han...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When I saw 'Hercules,' my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 d...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if yo...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just lik...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure p...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate's or children's ego...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I'm not right wing, I'm not left wing. I love my country.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowl...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

[The former] Italian Stallion ... Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I am drawing on a lot of my feelings that are in sync with many people's feelings about facing the l...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

We'll try to capture the essence of the first couple of films,
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I'm very, very humbled by that. There's a lot of competition out there.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

The champion's management says let's do this for real, for charity. Rocky says no but decides to be ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I expect it (criticism). I would do the same thing. My wife is the most critical. She said, 'This is...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

It's going great -- there's a lot of heart in it,
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Rocky is basically on his own -- it's very touching. People that were in the first one that you didn...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk busin...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I respect a woman too much to marry her.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't stra...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a l...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And th...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Years ago I was diagnosed with a condition, and my doctors prescribed human growth hormone and testo...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It&...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my lif...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who real...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to c...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yoursel...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

When you find the right components in your life, the right people, that gel with you, then you feel ...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Mike made a mistake making 'Rocky' and unleashing me to the public,
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still aliv...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during 'Rocky II' and had 60 stitches. If...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I wish I had thought of Velcro muscles myself. I didn't have to go to the gym for all those year...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

There might have been a period around 'Tango & Cash' when I was nearly fashionable. My p...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

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

Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's,...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I've had a rather tumultuous personal life. I...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

'Rocky Balboa' is about everybody who feels they want to participate in the race of life, rather tha...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'k...
SAGE STALLONE

I would love to go to film school.
SAGE STALLONE

In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he wa...
SAGE STALLONE

My father realizes that he did okay with me. He did the best he could.
SAGE STALLONE

People call me a hermit. But I'm happy.
SAGE STALLONE

To tell you the truth, I was turning into a little spoiled brat after 'Rocky V.'
SAGE STALLONE

God deliver me from the venom of the cobra, the tooth of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan.
SYLOVESTER STALLONE

If you hear Bing Crosby trying to swing, it doesn't work. He swings like a rusty gate.
FRANK STALLONE

Next to filmmaking and stuff like that, skiing is my favorite thing. I go skiing in Aspen - everywhe...
SAGE STALLONE

Well, you have one problem with your rant. We didn't do it.
RAY STALLONE

I think this is maybe the best one, other than the original. It's heartfelt. And it was done on a sh...
FRANK STALLONE

There has to be an appeals process. We have to balance civil rights and security.
STEVE STALLONE

I think this is maybe the best one, other than the original.
FRANK STALLONE

No one knew what to do with it (at the time). The biggest problem is bad management, if you don't ha...
FRANK STALLONE

I was the first guy of my era to do this. Everybody thought I was absolutely out of my mind.
FRANK STALLONE

Next thing I knew I had a few of my songs (in the film). (But) my brother is not that generous. He d...
FRANK STALLONE

Everybody wanted to write for the film.
FRANK STALLONE

I always thought I could do it.
FRANK STALLONE

Curiosity pulls people into the scam.
FRANK STALLONE

I don't relax. I sit down and contemplate all the energetic things I should do.
SYLVESTER MCCOY

Enough is as good as a feast.
JOSHUA SYLVESTER

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing a nuclear disaster is...
ARTHUR SYLVESTER

Material farmed out for comments to interested agencies and people meant they would be in touch late...
ARTHUR SYLVESTER

Look, if you think any American official is going to tell you the truth, then you're stupid. Did you...
ARTHUR SYLVESTER

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing a nuclear disaster is...
ARTHUR SYLVESTER

They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose lif...
JOSHUA SYLVESTER

They were scooped a bit by Intel.
IDAROSE SYLVESTER

I quite enjoy fame, especially when you go to conventions in America where they treat you like a god...
SYLVESTER MCCOY

These things happen, but you can see them coming before they occur. You can avoid these situations o...
SYLVESTER CROOM

Pitching for Sacramento last year I threw a pitch and, on the follow-through, I hit my elbow and los...
BILLY SYLVESTER

As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the...
SYLVESTER MCCOY

The explanations I heard were that they just didn't call many people up. Mostly, they just didn't wa...
BILLY SYLVESTER

TI has their foothold in lots of these markets already,
IDAROSE SYLVESTER

We were horrible. It was downright awful. I don't know how good we are, but we're a whole lot better...
SYLVESTER CROOM

I think back to my time in children's television, back in the 1970s, and the amount of innovatio...
SYLVESTER MCCOY

Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, Yet should the thou...
JOSHUA SYLVESTER

The thing is, I'm a gypsy; I love travelling!
SYLVESTER MCCOY

It's like I told the girls. You are one of the best eight teams in the state. And that is something ...
DAVE SYLVESTER

It was just laying up there in pieces. We had a skeleton. That's what it really boiled down to.
SYLVESTER CHAMBERS

Doug, because he has a daughter with a brain injury, is particularly attuned to these challenges. Do...
SHERRY SYLVESTER

I love playing 'Radagast.' He's my new love, you know what I mean? I'm not divorcing...
SYLVESTER MCCOY

We could hear Davidson down the hall partying and yelling and screaming. I think he wanted it to lig...
MATT SYLVESTER

Those games build character. When you have games like this, coming back against their closer, it giv...
BILLY SYLVESTER

I'd rather have a 10-0 game because it takes the pressure off. But these (close low-scoring) games h...
BILLY SYLVESTER

There were guys I played with (in the Braves' system) that got traded and went straight to the big-l...
BILLY SYLVESTER

This is the best place to be to try to get to the big-leagues.
BILLY SYLVESTER

They signed so many guys that they released a good bit of people.
BILLY SYLVESTER

I pitched well and had a ton of saves, but at the end of the (2001) season, they signed a bunch of o...
BILLY SYLVESTER

On stage you look much larger than you are. You can have subtle changes of timing; how you place a p...
SYLVESTER MCCOY

This is a Democratic state, but all voters are fed up. As voters begin to focus on the race, they're...
SHERRY SYLVESTER

We are talking to a number of Republicans with national profiles who are interested in coming in or ...
SHERRY SYLVESTER

Doug always makes it a point to talk to Peter.
SHERRY SYLVESTER

He was saying bears are breaking into people's homes and it's a significant problem.
SHERRY SYLVESTER

No one expected him to be this close this soon.
SHERRY SYLVESTER

These poll findings are the reason Doug is going to win the election. Voters want change.
SHERRY SYLVESTER

People aren't buying it, but he's continuing to throw money at his problem.
SHERRY SYLVESTER

The issue people most identify with him is his gift to a union leader. This is a very easy ethical p...
SHERRY SYLVESTER

Neither man ever met a tax increase they didn't like.
SHERRY SYLVESTER

Let me tell you something. That first game, they're going to be like a deer (in headlights), no matt...
SYLVESTER CROOM

Smoothies are easy to make, and they can drink them while they are doing other things. Children are ...
DIANE SYLVESTER

Studies have shown that children who eat breakfast, perform better in school, perform better on test...
DIANE SYLVESTER

Just try breakfast for two weeks, and the body will adjust. Then you don't care what you eat, and [y...
DIANE SYLVESTER

Now I'm old... maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the e...
SYLVESTER MCCOY

They've got so many players in the state of Georgia that Georgia and Georgia Tech can't sign them al...
SYLVESTER CROOM

They pretty much kept it at that the rest of the way.
DAN SYLVESTER

We played him before and we did a very good job. We just didn't execute. We had an awful first half.
DAN SYLVESTER

We played 3-2 (zone) and man, but we did a better job of picking up their 3-pointer shooters. We jus...
DAN SYLVESTER

It was a terrific win on the road. They played with a lot of spirit.
DAN SYLVESTER

We tried not to be too crazy when I came in by making a lot of changes all at once. It was just a gr...
DAVE SYLVESTER

There are some talented girls there, but I had no off-season [to work] with the team whatsoever.
DAVE SYLVESTER

I think our pressure out front helped create a lot of turnovers and got them out of sync.
DAVE SYLVESTER

This is a really special group of players and I'm just so proud of them. They've exceeded my expecta...
DAVE SYLVESTER

What makes them so good is that their big girls are athletic and can play, but also you have to worr...
DAVE SYLVESTER

I knew we were talented but this team is turning into something really special. I think with each ga...
DAVE SYLVESTER

When April hit that shot the crowd erupted. At times, it was so loud in there that the kids couldn't...
DAVE SYLVESTER

And video is where most of that money is going to be.
IDAROSE SYLVESTER

'Doctor Who' is not as literary as 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' ...
SYLVESTER MCCOY

It's a relatively slow-growing market. I wouldn't say it's doing great in Europe because the technol...
IDAROSE SYLVESTER

The selling point is that everybody has power in their house and multiple power jacks in every room....
IDAROSE SYLVESTER

TI has their foothold in lots of these markets already. It is looking to take the same basic technol...
IDAROSE SYLVESTER

Anyone who wants to own the digital home will see this as a shot across their bow, ... TI is coming ...
IDAROSE SYLVESTER

As semiconductor companies, they are both trying to take the reins of the digital home. Having a bra...
IDAROSE SYLVESTER

It gives attacking teams more time to set up and allows a little bit more skill. The two-line pass b...
MARK SYLVESTER

It's good to let skill players get some open ice and to speed up the game.
MARK SYLVESTER

If you lose your systems administrator here, it could be a serious loss.
MARK SYLVESTER

If you're listening to something at a safe level, but you're listening to it for eight hours at a ti...
JULEE SYLVESTER

The number of people actually living in one, I can count on less than three hands. But that will cha...
MICHAEL SYLVESTER

The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist. You're going to always be remembered for them, no matter what you do.

Copied!

Sylvester Stallone

The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist. You're going to always be remembered for them, no matter what you do.

Sylvester Stallone

Share:

Related

More Sylvester Stallone