Intern: Satznummer: aus: imd_185 Titel. Biographisches zu: Sylvester Stallone

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1 Intern: Satznummer: aus: imd_185 Titel Biographisches zu: Sylvester Stallone Hinweise: (qv)=quod vide=siehe dort. Ist die Biographie abrupt, s. den 5.Teil im Index 2 als [_biographie teil 5]. Teil 4: he Dirty Dozen (1967)_ (qv), or one of those films that comes along every once in a while, like _The Magnificent Seven (1960)_ (qv), to try to take that old formula and move it into a modern era. We accomplished it., I'm very, very happy with the film. The trouble with remakes is that people fall in love with the original. It's like peanut butter. If you try to change the taste of peanut butter, you're in trouble. [on the character of Rocky Balboa] I have always seen him as a 20th Century gladiator in a pair of sneakers. 95% of the time, women are right. They can be emotional, but when they say your shoes are shit or your tie is wrong, they're often right. [on the difference between filmmaking and painting] Movies are a vision dependent upon 300 or 400 people to accomplish it. So there's great compromising. And so much is lost in the translation. So when you get up there, it's maybe 40% of the way you envisaged it. Because of the finance thing, and the actor doesn't interpret it properly. Or the director isn't on form that day and he missed the whole point. Whereas painting is all you do. It either soars or it crashes. There's no one to blame but one person. [on 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv)] He's my best friend now. It's strange, given what big rivals we used to be. He's still ridiculously competitive, though. See this watch? This is the only one of its kind in the world, so I wore it to our last lunch. Arnold was desperate for me to get him one but I had to explain that wasn't possible. He was so mad! [on filming his scene in _The Expendables (2010)_ (qv) with pals 'Bruce Willis' (qv) and 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv)] Bruce's character, who hires me to do the job the film's based on, turns to me and says, 'Look, there's one person I need to talk with before I give you the job.' At which point Arnold, who plays my oldest rival, walks out. And it's clear we have a lot of history there. So I tell him I should have shot him a long time ago when I had the chance. And the scene goes from

2 there. But man, those guys were up for it. They got out of bed at 5.30am just to shoot a small five-minute scene. [on _The Expendables (2010)_ (qv)] Man, it was seven guys, kicking each other's a**, one guy tougher than the next. No joke, our stunt guys were begging for mercy. Actually, my fight with Stone Cold 'Steve Austin (IV)' (qv) was so vicious that I ended up getting a hairline fracture in my neck. I'm not joking. I haven't told anyone this, but I had to have a very serious operation afterwards. I now have a metal plate in my neck. [on _Rocky IV (1985)_ (qv)] 'Dolph Lundgren' (qv) and I always went for it. I gave him orders to try to knock me out while the cameras were rolling. At one point, he hit me so hard on the head I felt my spine compress. He then hit me with an almighty uppercut. That night my chest started to swell, and I had to be helicopter-ambulanced from my hotel to a nearby emergency room. I was told that Dolph had punched my rib cage into my chest, compressing my heart. If it had swollen any more, I would have died. After that, I was like, 'Dolph, it's only a movie, bro.' [on working with 'Richard Gere' (qv) on _The Lord's of Flatbush (1974)_ (qv)] Gere would strut around in his oversized motorcycle jacket like he was the baddest knight at the round table. (Having lunch in a Toyota) I was eating a hot dog and he climbs in with a half a chicken covered in mustard with grease nearly dripping out of the aluminum wrapper. I said, 'That thing is going to drip all over the place.' He said, 'Don't worry about it.' I said, 'If it gets on my pants you're gonna know about it.' He proceeds to bite into the chicken and a small, greasy river of mustard lands on my thigh. I elbowed him in the side of the head and basically pushed him out of the car. The director had to make a choice: one of us had to go, one of us had to stay. Richard was given his walking papers, and to this day, seriously dislikes me. He even thinks I'm the individual responsible for the gerbil rumor. Not true, but that's the rumor. [on retiring from acting] I'm on borrowed time. At this age I hear the ticking clock and it's as loud as the gong on Big Ben. The ultimate ambition is to follow in 'Clint Eastwood' (qv)'s footsteps and move on to directing films without me having to be in them. I'm on borrowed time and know my longevity will be predicated on being able to make that move. I am under pressure to perform. If I didn't have this goal I would be more than happy to throw 25 croissants down my throat and wash it down with a pint of beer, trust me. It is very, very hard to stay in shape. I have become more cynical as I have got older. Everything you were promised as a young person, it doesn't really come true. [on 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv)] I see him every Saturday, at Café Roma in Beverly

3 Hills. It's funny because we used to be so competitive in the Eighties and now we're the best buddies in the world. [on Rambo] He'd murder Jason Bourne. I'm only kidding. Maybe the other guy...the one in _The Transporter (2002)_ (qv), 'Jason Statham' (qv). I made some truly awful movies. _Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)_ (qv) 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. [on 'Dolph Lundgren' (qv)]: Dolph, I think, is a fantastically cooperative, excellent guy. [on his screen test for the part of Han Solo in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv)] It didn't meet with much approval since when I stood in front of 'George Lucas (I)' (qv) he didn't look at me once. Well, obviously I'm not the right type... It all worked out for the best since I don't look good in spandex holding a ray gun! [on his failed audition for a part in _The Godfather (1972)_ (qv)] I couldn't even be an extra at the wedding, that's how far down the food chain I was. People that spend time in a foxhole - they're never going to find that relationship anywhere else again...everything else pales next to that. When you think about the second World War vets - more than even the Vietnam vets - there's a brotherhood. They're 90 years old now, and they're still wearing the hats. The way they feel about each other. Time stopped. That was the ultimate of life. Everything after it was anticlimactic. After that it just wasn't the same. [on a shocking ad-lib by 'Bruce Willis' (qv) in the scene with 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv) and 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) in _The Expendables (2010)_ (qv)] He goes, 'Why don't you just suck each other's c**ks?' I thought, 'You can't tell Rambo and The Terminator to suck each other's c**ks!' I said to the guys, 'You know what, that's worth the price of admission alone!' [on his 1980s rivalry with 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv)] He was far more diligent than me., I was too reckless. He's very machine-like and I did consider him an enemy. But, looking back, it was a good enemy. The one thing in my films... I only kill people that need to be killed. Let me put it this way, the ones that deserve it get it and they get it good and the ones that go after women really get it, you know what I mean? Really get it. I've made a lot of career mistakes - a lot! Sometimes you're making a film and you go, 'It's a turkey and it's not even Thanksgiving.' It's bad. [on being asked about themes in his movies at a press conference] I always try to deal with redemption. I think everyone in this room like everyone on the planet has regret, that one moment when they made the wrong decision, sometimes you just never get your life back on course, and that theme from Rocky Balboa to Rambo, it just haunts me.

4 I'm past my prime in doing dramatic films, I think it becomes maybe, almost a pathetic cry out to be recognized as a serious actor. I did my little moment. I'm very proud of the drama in _Rocky Balboa (2006)_ (qv), its about as deep as I can go, and _Cop Land (1997)_ (qv). I would much rather just direct dramas. [on wanting 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) for _The Expendables (2010)_ (qv) sequel] I would love to get him in the next one. I really think so. He's been out of the limelight a long time, and I think this is the kind of film that would be a nice intro. I saw his eyes light up. It's one thing to run a state, but it's another thing to get back to what you're really known for. Certain actors you're never going to see come down the pike again, and he's one of them. [on _Rocky Balboa (2006)_ (qv)] I haven't seen a dime yet. It made nearly $200 million. That's life, eh? That's how it works these days. They have this thing called 'back end' You can make a movie for $12 million that makes $250 million, but it still ends up in the red. The studios say they added $50 million in publicity in the Ukraine or somewhere, and you're like, 'What?' Exercise, I tell people, can kill you. It's double-edged. It's good for you but you've got to know what you're doing. Your joints become fragile after a certain point. When you're 20, they're like rubber. But now...there's no way I can do the old squats and stuff. No way. Can't do it. I eat healthy Monday to Friday, pig out on the weekend, gain pounds, then lose it again Monday to Friday. No need to starve, or suffer! [on 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv)] When people ask me who is the most extraordinary guy I've ever met, I answer that it's him. Think about it - the force of will and the fact that he is successful in three diverse and impossibly difficult areas. The politics of bodybuilding? Forget about it. And he was and is the most influential bodybuilder who ever lived, by far. Then, in Hollywood, with his background of being Austrian and all this baggage of not being American, and he became No. 1. And then politics, it's off-the-chart hard, he's the governor of California. That's all, just the governor of the biggest state in population. This is not some city council somewhere. And he would make it as a presidential candidate. It's mindblowing. If politicians really told the truth they'd be fired and Washington would be an overgrown parking lot. Sad but true. You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your destiny. Being ignorant is like getting dressed for Prom Night in the dark. You think you are looking good until somebody turns your lights on. Doing _The Expendables (2010)_ (qv) was brutal., no time, no rest and more difficult then the last three Rambos put together.

5 Halloween is the only time people can become what they want to be without getting fired. [on _Rocky (1976)_ (qv)] It's a film I wanted to go to. It's an audience's inalienable right, when they go to a theater, to see something truly extraordinary, something that borders on day-dreamism. I like a good adversary. It makes you lose sleep and want to get up on the morning and go to the gym. Rambo is me before coffee in the morning. Rocky is me after coffee. Rambo has reverted into kind of like an id: primitive, reactive and instinctual - almost like an animal. I love this character because because he hasn't quite been fleshed out. He's like an errant knight, looking to die in a glorious fashion. He has no desire to go into old age or have a family. Rocky is the antithesis: he cannot live without a family. So you've got the American Frankenstein monster, then you have the American dream. Regular artists borrow, geniuses steal. [on _First Blood (1982)_ (qv)] In the book, Rambo gets killed. I thought it was not the proper message. There had been close to 200,000 suicides by returning Vietnam vets. I said, "Why don't we take him right to the edge without annihilating him?" 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv) said, "You're a coward, you should have killed him!" I said, "Quentin, you're a lunatic. I want to do some sequels, brother." [on the possibility of 'Mel Gibson (I)' (qv) directing _The Expendables 3 (2014)_ (qv)] Mel is a magnificent director! Pure passion on every level. We'd be blessed to have him. A real long shot, but life is a long shot - right? [on gun control] I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like really, unless you're carrying out an assault. You can't hunt with it. Who is going to attack your house - an army? Every time I use social media I get really in trouble! I think 'George Clooney' (qv) said it best when he said you've got to be an idiot to be a celebrity and use Twitter. You wake up in the morning when you're sober and your career is over! You've got to be really, really careful. You think you're a genius up there in the middle of the night and you wake up an idiot. I turned down _Witness (1985)_ (qv), which was great because I've never had a love affair with an Amish chick! [on working with 'Robert De Niro' (qv) on _Grudge Match (2013)_ (qv)] He was much more of a fearless actor early on. I'm doing _Rocky (1976)_ (qv) and the next theatre over it's _Taxi Driver (1976)_ (qv) - he was there with the mohawk, bloody nose, that took some guts to do. I really admire that he just wants to keep going. It was great working with Bobby because he's the complete antithesis of who I am.

6 He's modest, he's quiet, he's reserved and I learned a lot from him. [advice to actors who are training to appear as boxers in a musical version of 'Rocky'] The hardest thing to do is to sell the punch. You can teach a guy to punch, but the person receiving it has to have the body movement. It starts with the feet, the swiveling of the ankles, the knees and the hips, and then the head goes last. If you just throw punches using your arms it looks like flailing. [on casting _The Expendables 3 (2014)_ (qv) and possible future Expendables movies] I was going to go call up 'Jack Nicholson (I)' (qv) and we just got there a little too late, because actually he had said he might be interested in it. So there are still interesting avenues out there. I want to get, if possible, the most unique actors from the past and just put 'em out there once and for all, you know? It just seems like an interesting... quest to do that, because I don't know if it's ever going to happen again. And we're certainly not getting any younger. Well, you know 'Clint Eastwood' (qv) is so involved with what he's doing, so that's kind of a pipe dream. [on _The Expendables 3 (2014)_ (qv)] We're trying to make an Event Movie - like _The Avengers (2012)_ (qv). And I think we've accomplished it. People think it's easy to make a sequel. It's not, because you've lost the element of surprise. How do you keep putting on layers without getting too pretentious or trying too hard - you know, when i Personen Inhalt Produktion Verwertung Copyright: imdb.com. The data can only be used for personal and non-commercial use and must not be altered/republished/resold/repurposed to create any kind of online/offline database of movie information (except for individual personal use).