Often people going into directing want to learn as much as they possibly can about "technique." And I say the hell with that.

You are what you leave behind.

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

When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals.

Without love, loyalty, desires, passion, courage, dignities, faith, beliefs and all the other ingredients that go into making the human soul something so elevated that only God knows its limits, we are only shells bobbing aimlessly in a calm sea of mediocrity. ...And if you can figure that out, please write and explain it to me because you're a better man than I am.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.