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
I'm pretty spiritual; I believe a lot in the spirit of man.
I'm a big believer that, in life, we can't succeed in everything. Most times, we lose.
Some people maybe try to justify their laziness. You take out what you put in and the more I go to church and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus, and to listening to his word and have him guide my hand I feel the pressure's off me.
The one thing in my films, I only kill people who need to be killed, or killers killing killers. And I believe that the violence is very justifiable.
Training and working in Philadelphia is a very unusual situation because that city does believe that Rocky is real. No one calls me Sylvester, it's Rocky.
I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.
I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.
Now it really is, believe it or not, 90% of the films are green lit, not by the studio heads, but by the marketing department.
Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are!
I do believe that American should deal from strength.
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.
We'll try to capture the essence of the first couple of films,
The press, by and large, are fantastic. We're talking about a small renegade group. They're stalkers, legalized stalkers.
I expect it (criticism). I would do the same thing. My wife is the most critical. She said, 'This is ridiculous...' But you have two choices - not to do it or do it.