I think I'm a much better painter than an actor.

Consider the source...Don't be a fool by listening to a fool.

I've always said that the artist dies twice. And the first death is the hardest which is the career death, the creative death. The physical death is an inevitability.

All young men want to prove themselves.

No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn't matter how hard you hit back. It's about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That's how you win.

I've always boxed a certain way. But with Rocky, the character himself had to be kind of awkward. So I had to learn to fight that way.

Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.