If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 days – it’s possible to do extraordinary feats.
I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during ‘Rocky II’ and had 60 stitches. If you’ve seen ‘Rocky Balboa,’ you’ll know how bad they look.
Your brain is triggered to produce.
I love art more than anything in the world except for my family.
Clothing is the first step to building a character.
I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.
I loved ‘Rocky’ and ‘Rambo’, and am very proud of them.
I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager.
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.
In a contest between me and a bulldog, you would say the bulldog is cuter.
People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.
When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.
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.
My favorite snack would have to be Fritos, no doubt about it. Fritos and mayonnaise. I know. Really healthy, isn’t it?
A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it’s important to show that even under all this strength there’s a fragile side, a side that can be affected.
When a parent loses a child, there is no greater pain.
There’s no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He’s brilliant.
Like I said, I’ve got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support them emotionally and financially.
There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.
Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality – that’s the main event.
I have a fear of heights that borders on mania.
I’ve been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.
All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.
I think I’m a much better painter than an actor.
A lot of actors, and artists in general, never feel secure in love. They always feel everything’s going to be taken away from them, professionally and personally; they’re extremely emotional and volatile.
I just fight in my movies, never in real life.
Today’s action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.
I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.
I was on cruise control from ’85 to ’95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn’t directing. I wasn’t writing. That’s not who I am.
It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.
Sometimes I write with music on, and if I’m in a good flow, I don’t even hear it.
I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.
All young men want to prove themselves.
My life has always been chaotic. From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It’s always been do it yourself, kind of like paper-clip it together.
Every morning, I crawl out of bed. I sit there and think, ‘Do I really need this?’ And I drag myself to the gym in my garage. It’s not fun. I hate it. I work out alone. Weights.
People don’t realize that when they ‘throw out’ their back, it’s often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.
I’ve had a lot of operations. I’m kind of like Franken-actor.
Good action films – not crap, but good action films – are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.
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