When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions.

I think I'd like to be remembered as someone who beat the odds through just plain determination. ... that I persevered. Because I think that being somewhat of a pest to life, constantly plaguing and pursuing, will bring results.

I would never run for president.

Life is more than sunglasses and hit movies. Reality - that's the main event.

Don't discuss your dreams. Pursue them!

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

Without the church it's like having a boat without the rudder. You think you can do it on your own and this may sound pedestrian or trite but I'll equate it to this: all my life I've been involved with exercise but no matter how much - and I know a great deal about the body - you need help. You need a trainer. You need to go to a gym and you need to have the expertise and the guidance of someone else. You cannot train yourself. I feel the same way about Christianity and what the church is. The church is the gym of the soul.