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.”

“If you're gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.”

“I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeeded because I keep going, and going, and going.”

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees an...”

“People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real.”

“Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.”

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

“Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.”

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

“The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than...”

“When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.”

“At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.”

“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.”

“I have tons of regrets, but I think that's one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.”

“People that spend time in a foxhole - they're never going to find that relationship anywhere else again... Everything else pales next to that. When you think about the Second World War vets...”

“There's no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He's brilliant. Just because his physique belies that, don't underestimate him.”

“There's no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He's brilliant.”

“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.”

“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...”

“I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.”