"Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist." — Sylvester Stallone

I love art more than anything in the world except for my family.

Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There's tremendous support - you've got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your pages.

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.

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.