Movies are a whole different ball-game, now. It's much more of a business - very scientific.

Lighting can bring out certain contours in the body, in the face, in the eyes, that otherwise flat lighting couldn't.

The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist. You're going to always be remembered for them, no matter what you do.

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

Study people's success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor.

You have to have an almost boundless reservoir of energy and interest to enter politics because quite often it's thankless and fruitless and you can't accomplish much.