STALLONE.
STALLONE. FRANK STALLONE. FRANK HELLO. FRANK STALLONE. FRANK STALLONE. FRANK STALLONE. FRANK
STALLONE. IN THE WORLD HIS
TALENT YOU KNOW EVERY BIT AS
GOOD AS I AM WHAT I TRY TO DO.
HE'S UP FIVE TOOL GUY. HE CAN
SING. HE CAN ACT. HE CAN
PERFORM. HE CAN WRITE. ALL
RIGHT. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
THIS MORNING WE ARE TALKING
WITH A MAN WHO HAS STARRED OVER
75 TV SHOWS AND FILMS. HE
LAUNCHED HIS OWN GUITAR LINE.
IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS ROCKY'S
BROTHER. NEW DOCUMENTARY
STALLONE FRANK THAT IS TAKES US
INSIDE THE WORLD OF FRANK
STALLONE IN HIS OWN VOICE AND
THE VOICE OF THOSE CLOSEST TO
HIM, HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS.
THE MAN HIMSELF, FRANK STALLONE
JOINS US THIS MORNING. THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY,
FRANK. GOOD MORNING. GOOD
MORNING. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS NEW
DOCUMENTARY FOR PEOPLE WHO
DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT I MEAN TELL
US WHAT IT WAS LIKE. WE CATCH
YOU A LOT IN THESE KIND OF
CANDID CONVERSATION SESSIONS
WITH YOUR FRIENDS, WITH YOUR
FAMILY, THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO
YOU. WHAT WAS THIS DOCUMENTARY
PROCESS LIKE? WELL, I WAS
APPROACHED ABOUT IT. IT WAS MY
IDEA. I REALLY HAD NO INTENTION
OF DOING A DOCUMENTARY. I
HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
AND THESE YOUNG FILMMAKERS
APPROACHED ME AND SAID THEY
WANTED TO DO A DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT ME. AND I SAID THE SOUNDS
STRANGE TO ME. WELL, LET'S DO
IT. SO ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER
AND I JUST GAVE THEM THE LEAD.
SO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I KNEW
IN THE BUSINESS I'D BEEN IN FOR
SO MANY YEARS. AND ONE THING
LED TO ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, AND
THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO YOU
KNOW, PUT ALL THE PIECES
TOGETHER AND THE RESULT HAD
WHAT DO YOU SAY? YOU GAVE THEM
THE NAMES AND SOME OF THE
PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS THAT YOU
KNEW. I MEAN THESE ARE SOME OF
THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC AND
FILM. SO WHEN YOU WATCHED IT,
WHAT WAS IT LIKE HEARING IT?
WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME THAT
YOU HEARD SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT YOU?
YES, I YEAH. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT
ANYBODY WAS GOING TO SAY
BECAUSE I WASN'T ON ANY OF THE
INTERVIEWS FOR A REASON. I JUST
I IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AT
THIS POINT IN MY LIFE SINCE
I'VE BEEN GETTING HAMMERED FOR
THE LAST FORTY FIVE YEARS LET'S
GET IT STRAIGHT TO WHAT THEY
REALLY THINK AND THEN WE TOOK
IT FROM THERE. AND YOU'RE
REALLY CANDID IN IT ABOUT SOME
OF THE TOUGHER TIMES THAT YOU
HAD IN THE 90S, FOR EXAMPLE,
AND WHAT THE STRUGGLE HAS BEEN
LIKE. OF COURSE WITH YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BROTHER.
WAS IT DIFFICULT AT ALL TO KIND
OF OPEN UP LIKE THAT? YEAH, IT
WAS BASICALLY VIRTUALLY
IMPOSSIBLE AFTER ROCKY. BEFORE
ROCKY. YOU HAD A VERY
SUCCESSFUL BAND. WE WERE
SIGNING WITH RCA RECORDS. YOU
KNOW, I WAS COMPARED TO ANYBODY
UNLESS YOU'RE BURYING ME TO
ANOTHER ROCK BAND OR ANOTHER
MUSICIAN. SO I WASN'T BEING
COMPARED TO LIKE AN ICON. YOU
KNOW, THEY DIDN'T SAY HEY,
THERE'S PAUL MCCARTNEY SOUNDING
LOOKING GUY. THEY DIDN'T DO SO
WHEN ROCKY CAME OUT IT WAS YOU
KNOW, I TOOK ON THAT MONIKER
NOT NOT BUDDY CHOICE MY OWN. SO
IT DID ME MAKE IT MORE
DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAD TO
GET PAST THAT TICKET TO WHAT I
REALLY DID WHICH WAS THE MUSIC
AND SO FORTH. BUT THE YEAH BUT
YOU KNOW, I DON'T REGRET A
MINUTE OF IT. I MEAN I'VE HAD A
GREAT TIME OF THAT, A GOOD
CAREER. I MEAN MY CAREER COULD
PROBABLY BEEN BIGGER IN SOME
WAYS BUT THAT HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH TIMING MANAGEMENT WHO'S
HANDLING YOU WHAT'S GOING ON AT
THE TIME SO. BUT I YOU KNOW I
NEVER GOT IN THIS BUSINESS FOR
THE MONEY. I GOT INTO THE
BUSINESS BECAUSE IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT I COULD DO. IT'S
SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO DO. SO
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S SO IT
WASN'T LIKE I WAS 30 YEARS OLD
WHEN I STARTED SAYING GOD, I
WANT TO GET RICH DOING THIS NOT
NEVER REENTER MY HEAD AS IT
DID. I WOULD HAVE QUIT A LONG
TIME AGO THRUSTING. RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND FOR THE YOUNGER
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING
MAYBE WANTING TO TAKE A SIMILAR
PATH IN MUSIC OR IN FILM. I
MEAN THE INDUSTRY ITSELF IS FAR
DIFFERENT AND HAS BEEN
CONSTANTLY CHANGING. BUT WHAT
ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO MAYBE
YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE
DIFFERENT THAN THE ADVICE THAT
THAT YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN WHEN
YOU STARTED FIND ANOTHER LINE
OF WORK? NOW MY THING WOULD SAY
I THINK WHAT THEY DON'T REALLY
REALIZE I'M WRITING A BOOK
CALLED DON'T LET THE PALM TREES
FOOL YOU. AND IT'S BASICALLY
BASED ON THIS IS A BRUTAL
COMPETITIVE BUSINESS. AND IF
YOU DO NOT HAVE A THICK SKIN
AND YOU DON'T LET STUFF BOUNCE
OFF YOU A LITTLE BIT, YOU WON'T
MAKE IT. AND IF YOU CAN'T LOOK
IN THE MIRROR LIKE I DID WHICH
I MENTIONED IN THE MOVIE WHEN I
WAS, YOU KNOW, 20, 19, 20 YEARS
OLD, I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND
I HAD MY BAND. IT JUST BROKE
UP. I WAS ALL DEPRESSED AND I
LOOKED IN THE MIRROR. I SAID DO
I HAVE NO FOR MYSELF? I LOOKED
AT ME AND. DO I HAVE WHAT IT
TAKES TO COMPETE ON THE GRAND
STAGE ON THE GRAND THEATER?
THAT MEANS WITH ANYBODY BECAUSE
OF THAT POINT ONCE YOU THROW
YOURSELF IN AS A PROFESSIONAL
MUSICIAN AND YOU'RE A RECORDING
ARTIST WHICH I WAS THEN YOU ARE
IN WHAT I CALL A FRIENDLY
COMPETITION WITH EVERY OTHER
ARTIST OUT THERE. I MEAN SO I
MEAN YOU'RE IN COMPETITION. YOU
KNOW YOU HAVE RECORDS THAT YOU
WANT TO GET CHARTED BUT YOU
THINK IF YOU JUST HESITATE ONE
SECOND AND THINK YOU CAN'T DO
THAT, YOU'RE FINISHED. IT'S
LIKE A BOXER ALWAYS UNDERRATED
.THE GUY GOES. HE WAS A GREAT
FIGHTER. RAY CAN'T PULL THE
TRIGGER. HE JUST HE CAN'T YOU
CAN'T DELIVER. SO IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN THE
WRONG BUSINESS BECAUSE LISTEN,
EVEN IN YOUR BUSINESS IT'S VERY
,VERY COMPETITIVE. THERE'S A
LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE COMING UP
THAT YOU THAT ARE GUNNING FOR
YOUR JOB, YOU KNOW, AND STUFF
LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH.