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.

My life has always been chaotic. From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It's always been do it yourself, kind of like paper-clip it together.

Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.

Boxing is the only sport where you have the audience coming right up to you and saying, "You Stink." And you got to deal with that. It's like being in front of the lions.

If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.

I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.