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

The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think.

'Rocky' represents the optimistic side of life, and 'Rambo' represents purgatory.

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.

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

When boxers are in the ring, they're simple. It's when the fight is over, that's when the other fight, the real fight, begins. That's the problem.

I think I'm a much better painter than an actor.