Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Gardenzio Stalloneis an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, namely boxer Rocky Balboa, the title character of the Rocky series' seven films from 1976 to 2015; soldier John Rambo from the four Rambo films, released between 1982 and 2008; and Barney Ross in the three The Expendables films from 2010 to 2014. He wrote or co-wrote most of the 14 films in all three franchises, and directed many of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth6 July 1946
CountryUnited States of America
Jesus is the inspiration for anyone to go the distance.
Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.
Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak.
That's what Rocky is all about : pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
There's a computer fight between the reigning world champion and Balboa, and Balboa wins,
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.
Rocky is basically on his own -- it's very touching. People that were in the first one that you didn't think much about are back, really minor characters are now major characters.
Rocky Balboa' is about everybody who feels they want to participate in the race of life, rather than be a bystander. You're never too old to climb a mountain, if that's your desire.
there was a reluctance to go forward until everyone felt there was a script that echoed the kind of sincerity and values the first one had, and had some poignancy like the first one had.
If you think people are inherently good, you get rid of the police for 24 hours - see what happens.
I'm a big believer that, in life, we can't succeed in everything. Most times, we lose.
If you come into my house, I'm going to fight much more viciously to get you out than if we were on a neutral piece of land.
Every generation, including mine, has to find their own heroes.
Making a movie is the same as an orchestra; it's moving all the different instruments and the sounds, the kinetic and the auditory and the visual all together. I'm probably the trombone.