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.

Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.

Dreams cost nothing. They are free. The hard part is just keeping them going.

If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.

You cannot train yourself. I feel the same way about Christianity and about what the church is: The church is the gym of the soul.

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.

To know that the odds are so high that only through the perishing of your life will the minions survive, that's love. That's heroism.