When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.

Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.

A lot of time people are like, "oh my God, you're stereotyped." Good, then you're known for something.

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor. "Rocky" was an ensemble film. "F.I.S.T." was an ensemble. "Paradise Alley" was an ensemble.

You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your destiny.

Now it really is, believe it or not, 90% of the films are green lit, not by the studio heads, but by the marketing department.

When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.