I do believe that American should deal from strength.

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project.

There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are!

If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing.

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.

On the sequel, you've lost the element of surprise. Usually, on the first one you may not go very, very deep into character; the second one you start to explore the character a bit more.