When I Got Cast In 'rocky Iv,'

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 My Career, Whether It's A Big Or A Small Movie, When I've Worked On Something For A Long Time, Like [ivan] Drago In Rocky Iv, They Start To Take On A Life Of Their Own.

I'm Not Going To Freeze My Body. One Life Is Enough For Me. Some People Take This Gamble. That Someone Will Be Able To Bring Them Back In The Future. I'm Not Going To Do It.

First The Movie, The Actual Playing Of The Role And Trying To Deliver What Everybody Wanted. Then, When The Film Came Out, There Was Instant Fame. I Was Just A Kid From Sweden, I Didn't Know What Was Going On.

You Can't Give Someone Five Hundred Punches In A Film Anymore. You Beat On Them, And They Continue To Stand There Staring At You. That Doesn't Work. People Just Don't Buy That Anymore.