Sylvester Stallone Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• 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.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Mom, Want, Awful

• I love being verbal in films.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Film

• I was an insecure kid. Once I saw 'Hercules' with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn't be here today.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Kids, Insecure, Gone

• I've done my "mind over matter" movies, and I think probably that people aren't really interested in seeing me do that anymore. I think I'm kind of past my prime to do dramatic films. I think it'd become kind of like almost a pathetic cry out to be recognized as a serious drama actor.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Drama, Past, Thinking

• Most of the films I myself like don't do very well. Every director, he has a choice, whether to go for subtlety and try to articulate every minute detail, or to go for the broad strokes and hope that the people will fill in between the lines. I tend to go for the broader strokes.

  Sylvester Stallone

  People, Choices, Trying

  "New again: Sylvester Stallone". Interview with Pat Hackett, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 2, 2015.

• People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Real, School, People

  Interview with Chad Williams, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 11, 2010.

• If I just know in my gut that a film is going to work, I'll fight to the death over it, and I convince myself. When a movie is purely a money job, the film doesn't have the same sort of intensity, and the audience almost senses it, at least that's the way I perceive it. So, yeah, the idea is to do something that you truly, truly believe in.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Believe, Fighting, Film

  Source: aalbc.com

• Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Character, Impact, Action

• Everyone has this conjecture that action films are somewhat less prestigious than dramatic films. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've done them both and this is hard and dangerous.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Done, Action, Film

  "Sylvester Stallone Talks Topping THE AVENGERS, the Cast, Using Actors’ “Baggage” as an Advantage, and More on the Set of THE EXPENDABLES 3". Group Interview, collider.com. April 16, 2014.

• I understand that a lot of other actors don't have a choice. They have to eat so they need to work and they'll do films that they're not so proud of. But I've been fortunate enough to be given a second wind, so I try to pick projects I know will provide the audience the kind of escapism they want from me.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Choices, Trying, Proud

  Source: aalbc.com

• Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Doe, Littles, Film

• Action film is really easy to do, you just get in a car and smash through things and it's called action. The real key is what happens between the action when it's quiet. Loud is easy. Quiet, real hard.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Real, Keys, Car

  "Sylvester Stallone Talks Topping THE AVENGERS, the Cast, Using Actors’ “Baggage” as an Advantage, and More on the Set of THE EXPENDABLES 3". Group Interview, collider.com. April 16, 2014.

• Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Play, Culture, Morality

• The idea of Rambo is kind of intriguing as a closing chapter. When you shoot a film as a sequel to do another sequel it's a whole other tone. But when you know it's the final chapter you try and put in there as much emotion, understanding and closure as you can. So, whereas Rocky is a lighter character and optimistic, Rambo is much darker.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Optimistic, Character, Ideas

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• 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.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Believe, Marketing, Green

• I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor. "Rocky" was an ensemble film. "F.I.S.T." was an ensemble. "Paradise Alley" was an ensemble.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Ensemble, Actors, Paradise

  "The Expendables - Sylvester Stallone interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• 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.'

  Sylvester Stallone

  Mom, Film, My Mom

• The one thing in my films, I only kill people who need to be killed, or killers killing killers. And I believe that the violence is very justifiable.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Believe, People, Killers

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin