Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There's tremendous support - you've got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your pages.

All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.

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

I've done my "mind over matter" movies, and I think probably that people aren't really interested in seeing me do that anymore. I think I'm kind of past my prime to do dramatic films. I think it'd become kind of like almost a pathetic cry out to be recognized as a serious drama actor.

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.

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

I have made a lot of career mistakes, a lot and I have made a lot of personal ones too!