"No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy."
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"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."
"I wish my daughters would box. I'm so worried about the guys coming up to them. I would love them to be able to smack a guy right off a bar stool."
"Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance."
"I think people of all occupations, whether it's the camera - puller or the man who's doing the catering, they can identify with Rambo's frustrations, with the veteran's frustrations."
"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 guess the best thing I do of all is ride. Horsemanship, I have a natural flair for it."
"I try to tell people that just because you're buff and cut doesn't mean you're healthy."
"Sometimes worst enemies like a Mohammed Ali and Joe Frazier that's what makes you fight so hard. Without them they never would have achieved greatness."
"You can actually alter a person's perception when they're that young. I mean, it can affect them in a very positive way."
"I understand that a lot of other actors don't have a choice. They have to eat so they need to work and they'll do films that they're not so proud of. But I've been fortunate enough to be given a second wind, so I try to pick projects I know will provide the audience the kind of escapism they want from me."
"If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak."
"I'm a big believer that, in life, we can't succeed in everything. Most times, we lose."