Home / Authors / Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone Quotes

Actor

Sylvester Stallone, born on July 6, 1946, is a renowned American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his action hero persona, with iconic roles in films like 'Rocky' and the 'Rambo' series. Stallone's achievements in the film industry extend beyond action movies, as he also won the Academy Award for Best Actor for 'Rocky'.

Filter quotes by topic

All People Ifs Thinking Knows Film Way Kind Trying Want Action World Actors Feels Real Men Character Writing Believe Certain Firsts

Famous Sylvester Stallone Quotes

“I think there's a kind of built-in arrogance to anyone who considers themself an artist. They want to feel as though like they can run the whole spectrum. "I can do it all. I can do minimalism, and I can do classical art." Well, that's not true.”

Thinking Want Feels Wells Kind Art I Can Whole Running Artist Can Do Built Arrogance Spectrum Minimalism I Can Do It Classical Art

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I just want to say that, all you do, no matter how bad your diet is, for the first six months or year, I just reduce the amount, even if it's horrible stuff. That you can deal with it.”

Ifs Want Years Firsts Matter Stuff Deals Months Amount Six Horrible Diets Six Months

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“It's funny because when Jason [Statham] was drowning I was filming with an iPhone. It may have been a bit insensitive but I just thought, "you know what, this was a magic moment". And I couldn't help him anyway because I didn't want to drown.”

Knows Want May Has Beens Moments Helping Bits Magic Drowning Iphone Jason Insensitive Magic Moments

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“When you're younger you just want to go out and make your mark in the world and doing that, quite often, the people that you love the most and the people you should be closest to suffer from estrangement. I'd be gone nine months a year, so how do you know anyone? When you come home you are a stranger.”

People Knows World Want Should Years Home Suffering Gone Months Mark Stranger Nine Coming Home Do You Know Closest Nine Months Estrangement

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance.”

Want I Can Sometimes Cry Performances Subconscious

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“Often people going into directing want to learn as much as they possibly can about "technique." And I say the hell with that.”

People Want Hell Technique

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager.”

Ifs Want Actors Business Talking Directors Managers Sensitive Disgusting

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.”

Want Guy Violence Generosity Bad Ass Propensity

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“All young men want to prove themselves.”

Men Want Young Prove Young Man

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful.”

Want Painting Sake Truthful Being Truthful

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I've just decided I want to get rid of it all. Not that it's not great art, but all of a sudden my mood has changed, and I want to go back to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century masters.”

Want Art Century Changed Masters Decided Mood Contemporary Buying Great Art Contemporary Art

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I made some truly awful movies. 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes.”

Ifs Want Made Film Minutes Worst Mom Murder My Mom Awful

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche - there ought to be some interesting discoveries there. Love stories. If you do it right, people want to hear romantic dialog.”

People Ifs Want Stories Turns Interesting Attention Ought Discovery Female Love Story Exploring Love Relationship Some Interesting

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left.”

Want Feels Years Two Real Sometimes Done Lying Actors Left Issues Understood Envy Never Quit Work Done

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“Boxing is a great exercise ... as long as you can yell "cut" whenever you want to.”

Want Long Funny Cutting Exercise Boxing Great Exercise

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.”

World Want Want Something Halfway Over The Top

Author:Sylvester Stallone

About the Author

Born: July 6, 1946
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 295

Related Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Film Way Kind Trying Want Action World Actors Feels Real Men Character Writing Believe Certain Firsts

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Rocky BalboaRelated source material

Similar Authors

Kristen StewartBrowse related quotes
Clint EastwoodBrowse related quotes
Angelina JolieBrowse related quotes
Madonna CicconeBrowse related quotes
George SaundersBrowse related quotes
Nicolas CageBrowse related quotes
Robert GreeneBrowse related quotes
David LevithanBrowse related quotes
Chuck KlostermanBrowse related quotes
Dolly PartonBrowse related quotes