Sylvester Stallone

Actor, Filmmaker

Sylvester Stallone is an acclaimed actor and filmmaker known for his iconic roles in 'Rocky' and 'Rambo', which explore themes of resilience and identity.

Born
July 6, 1946
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Rank
#380

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"In this day and age, if you're aspiring to be an actor, and you're putting all your eggs in one basket, you could be disappointed. I started out as an actor, but I forced myself to be a writer, even though I wasn't very good at it and had never written. I don't think I ever passed an English course in my life. My first 8 to 10 scripts were pretty horrendous, but I stayed at it until I eventually found a voice and a subject that people were interested in. So, I recommend that you go out and try to be as versatile as possible: writer, actor, producer and especially director."

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"I've had a lot of operations. I'm kind of like Franken-actor."

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"When I saw 'Hercules,' my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I literally ran out of the theatre and started lifting things, anything I could think of - milk crates. I'm still lifting things. It changed my life."

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"You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive."

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"You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media to make a flop."

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"I love art more than anything in the world except for my family."

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"You cannot train yourself. I feel the same way about Christianity and about what the church is: The church is the gym of the soul."

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"I really have very little aspirations about acting because I think that probably the best things have come and gone. I would like to focus on writing and directing. I love writing and directing even though writing can be incredibly painful and lonely. I get great satisfaction from doing it."

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"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."

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"I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor. "Rocky" was an ensemble film. "F.I.S.T." was an ensemble. "Paradise Alley" was an ensemble."

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"I've done my "mind over matter" movies, and I think probably that people aren't really interested in seeing me do that anymore. I think I'm kind of past my prime to do dramatic films. I think it'd become kind of like almost a pathetic cry out to be recognized as a serious drama actor."

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"I wish I had thought of Velcro muscles myself. I didn't have to go to the gym for all those years, all the hours wedded to the iron game, as we call it."

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"It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line of broken marriages. My parents divorced, and I had two broken marriages myself."

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"I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche - there ought to be some interesting discoveries there. Love stories. If you do it right, people want to hear romantic dialog."

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"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 the single person. That was the beginning of the end."

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"If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing."

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"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."

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"When people meet me they’re often surprised. I talk a great deal."

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"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."

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