Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.

I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche - there ought to be some interesting discoveries there. Love stories. If you do it right, people want to hear romantic dialog.

The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush.

I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It's not easier, it's more difficult.

The idea that boxing lends itself to cinema so well is because it's usually a morality play - good against evil, insecurity and triumph, fear strikes out, so the audience can really get drawn into the drama of it. Also, it was sensual and very primal. I think subliminaly we do two things - life is a fight, life is a struggle and we understand that from our early, early, early ancestors, and life is a race.

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.

The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think.