I think there's something about being a neophyte that's refreshing and hard to duplicate; it brings about real innovation. Innovation usually comes about through blind ignorance.

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.

I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during 'Rocky II' and had 60 stitches. If you've seen 'Rocky Balboa,' you'll know how bad they look.

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.

In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can't control a nine-year-old girl.

When I'm on a location, I pick a restaurant that's close and private and eat all my meals there.

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