I Never Came With A Conscious Plan

Working With Jean-claude Is A Lot Of Fun. Because He's A Great Actor Who Also Happens To Be A Fighter. That Combination Doesn't Usually Come Together Anymore. Usually, You Have To Fight The Stunt Double And Then Act Against The Actor. In His Case, You Are Fighting With A Real Guy. It Takes A Minute To Get Used To That. Because It Doesn't Happen Any More.

Sports Became A Way For Me To Find My Personality And Identity In Life. I Had A Lot Of Problems As A Young Kid Like We All Do With My Own Confidence, Trying To Grow Up, And Become A Man And Whatnot. Sports Helped Me Get There. It Helped Me Get My Role In Rocky Iv. It Has Helped Me Ever Since In My Movies And Dealing With A Lot Of Hard Times Between Pictures And My Life. I Would Say It's The One Thing That's Kept Me Going Over The Years.

In The Normal Life Of An Actor Or Director, Running Around, There's Not Much Time To Go To Church. But There's Other Ways To Be Spiritual, Too.

When You Are Acting In A Film, You Have No Idea What Scene The Editor Is Going To Choose. For Instance, After You Have Directed, You Feel More Comfortable Delivering A Performance. Because You Know The Real Performance Is Put Together In The Editing Room.

Stallone Is A Great Writer. He Wrote One Of The Best Screenplays Ever Written. Rocky. It Is One Of The Biggest Classics Of All Time. I Think In The Past, He Was Shying Away From Writing His Own Stuff, Because There Is A Lot Of Pressure When You Star In Something That You Write.