Sylvester Stallone Quotes

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

A bad guy always assumes he's going to win, whereas the good guy has to struggle with, what if I lose?, and the audience wants to struggle with him.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

You can only tell so many bad-guy stories.

There are good characters and bad characters.

What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones?

Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.

I was looking to explore the theme of good and evil, so what better inspiration than the comics? I'd developed a relationship with DC and Warner Bros. when I donated a sculpture of Catwoman to the 'We Can Be Heroes' campaign a few years ago. That's what started it.

I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.'

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

If you look at the great Westerns, and at Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology, they all contain elements in common: a harsh landscape; demons or outlaws trying to stop or kill the protagonist; and there are mythical legends at their core, innate in all cultures.

I must remind you, Senators, that extreme patriotism in the defense of freedom is no crime and let me respectfully remind you that pusillanimity in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

It is praiseworthy, it is noble and sublime, to avenge Nature when it has been outraged by tyranny. Nothing can compare with the greatness of such action and, even if desolation and death are the reward of such a glorious endeavor, there is no reason to condemn it, for it is not the easily attainable that should be undertaken, but that which justice demands that we do.

In any character you do, especially something like 'Watchmen,' if you're gonna do this, you're gonna do this right. I'm fighting for the Comedian every step of the way; there's not even a question, Adrian is a scumbag.

I love UFC, vigilante films, and any acts of merciless heroism.

I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are.

No one is really playing the good guy, but if they want to play the bad guy, I'm ready to play the super hero and take these guys out.

Heroism is the antidote to evil.

We can overcome evil with greater good.

In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.

The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.

The Lone Ranger is going to be one of those iconic characters that never rides off into the sunset. We need heroes like him - an underdog who fights the good fight, doesn't kill, and has some serious mojo when the chips are down.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.