Training and working in Philadelphia is a very unusual situation because that city does believe that Rocky is real. No one calls me Sylvester, it's Rocky.

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.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing.

Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job PARKING CARS!

I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.

It is impossible to be successful and prosperous if you cannot organize people to achieve maximum results.

Where there is evil, brutality and hatred, there is overwhelming courage, strength and kindness. Focus on the good.Stay positive.Stay together.Stay peaceful.Stay strong.

The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.

Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.

Running out of energy in the long run is not the problem.... The bind comes during the next 10 years: getting over our dependence on crude oil.

I have to give props to my stunt double, who is the real deal and gets to do all the fun stuff and make me look good.

I'm proud to be part of a generation that is looking ahead and wants to see a brighter future.

[The Specials ]was always going to be an underground, underdog kind of movie. But I love when people bring that up, because it's very early, vintage James Gunn.

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of Grace. The gift of Grace increases as the struggle increases.