You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.

Action film is really easy to do, you just get in a car and smash through things and it's called action. The real key is what happens between the action when it's quiet. Loud is easy. Quiet, real hard.

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.

Boxing is a great exercise ... as long as you can yell "cut" whenever you want to.

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy.

I respect a woman too much to marry her.