I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor. "Rocky" was an ensemble film. "F.I.S.T." was an ensemble. "Paradise Alley" was an ensemble.

I just fight in my movies, never in real life.

I'm not right wing, I'm not left wing. I love my country.

Through failure, I found different ways to reverse my problems and get into the mainstream of Hollywood.

If you're gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.

If I just know in my gut that a film is going to work, I'll fight to the death over it, and I convince myself. When a movie is purely a money job, the film doesn't have the same sort of intensity, and the audience almost senses it, at least that's the way I perceive it. So, yeah, the idea is to do something that you truly, truly believe in.