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In fact, every day I'll read a chapter of some art book. I don't know why. It's just a habit.
I'd live in a museum if I could. I used to spend hours and hours in the Museum of Modern Art.
A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.
You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.
I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
There's no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He's brilliant.
When I'm on a location, I pick a restaurant that's close and private and eat all my meals there.
That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
If you think people are inherently good, you get rid of the police for 24 hours - see what happens.
I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It's not easier, it's more difficult.
Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up.
Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.
I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.
A lot of time people are like, "oh my God, you're stereotyped." Good, then you're known for something.
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
Movies are the work of a collective conscious. It takes 500-800 people on a movie to complete a vision.
Through failure, I found different ways to reverse my problems and get into the mainstream of Hollywood.
Going in one more round when you don't think you can - that's what makes all the difference in your life.
I love being so tight on people in close-ups that the veins in their eyes look like the Mississippi River.
Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.
Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.
You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media to make a flop.
If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.
At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.
We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.
When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.
You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your destiny.
Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance.
People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.
Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.
Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me.
Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.
Lighting can bring out certain contours in the body, in the face, in the eyes, that otherwise flat lighting couldn't.
My favorite snack would have to be Fritos, no doubt about it. Fritos and mayonnaise. I know. Really healthy, isn't it?
You can actually alter a person's perception when they're that young. I mean, it can affect them in a very positive way.
No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy.
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.
There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.
Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.
Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.
People asked if I could have played the Terminator. Are you kidding? Not a chance, I never could have played the Terminator.
I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.
If you come into my house, I'm going to fight much more viciously to get you out than if we were on a neutral piece of land.
I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.
Often people going into directing want to learn as much as they possibly can about "technique." And I say the hell with that.
If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a character actor.
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.
I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.
I try to eliminate as much dialogue as possible, and I guess Rambo is my really best experiment with how to eliminate dialogue.
Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.'