Plan B. You've always got to have a Plan B.

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

No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy.

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.

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

I'm a big believer that, in life, we can't succeed in everything. Most times, we lose.