Top 309 Quotes & Sayings by Sylvester Stallone - Page 6

With writing, I think you have to be honest with yourself. I have a certain kind of writing; that is, I like to really embellish the human spirit. You have to write about something you have a feel for.

I'm usually taken for a non-intellectual, a person of limited intelligence. I don't know why, but I figure it's because physically I don't look intelligent.

Rocky is a very predictable movie. The ending is a foregone conclusion.

Eventually writing became more interesting to me than acting.

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a character actor.

Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance.

A lot of time people are like, "oh my God, you're stereotyped." Good, then you're known for something.

We follow a certain pattern, a maze, if you will, every day, tracing our steps into certain districts and neighborhoods and back home. So it's easy for people to relate to clichés. That's why comedy routines are based on mutual experiences of clichés.

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.