The character of Rocky was built on the idea that he was chosen to do something. That's why the first image in Rocky is the picture of Christ.

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

I'm the Hiroshima of love.

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor.

With writing, I think you have to be honest with yourself. I have a certain kind of writing; that is, I like to really embellish the human spirit. You have to write about something you have a feel for.