Golden Globes: Sylvester Stallone's Journey With Rocky Balboa | Access Hollywood

Three nominations and 40 years later, and you got yourself a globe And it was well worth the wait You know you at the end. Thank your best friend Rocky Balboa. It's true. I love that you had mentioned that You mentioned that you've had many conversations with Rocky you do Take me take me down You do you sit there luckily for computers, I used to just do it freehand and write just write it longhand But I wanted to put it on Computer filming you start to talk and after a while. There's a certain process where you actually have You speak as I speak with me And he's going you know I wouldn't say it that way I'd say it this way you know But it's like a diary and out of that Mishmash sometimes comes a germ of an idea, and that's what happened some of the speeches with Where he's been speaking to my call about? Looking in the mirror every morning. I look in the mirror, and I realized that's the toughest opponent, and I I'm gonna face That's the person that will either make or break you is you I know it sounds strange No, I think it's amazing, and I think it's incredible how this one character has taken you on a career journey to now here We are sitting here like we said 40 years later with you with the Golden Globe in your hand I mean, I really love this character. It's almost like out of body. I'm serious. It's hard for yourself. Are you just saying that? It's just a normal average What happens to be a fighter you know you mentioned that you pulled from a lot of personal emotion? Yeah to play this character, and you know you know I've known you've had you know a lot of tough losses Does this kind of pay? Yes Your family and and all the hard work that you put in to your career And When you see him in the movie, it's it's just you know it just lives on and it's even though it's a Horrible situation, and I didn't want to do it believe me I didn't want to do it, but I thought you know this he should be there. You know he should be part of it You know he was born When I did Rocky one so like why not be in the last one because this could be the last one What a beautiful way to What does this what does this feel like for you now it feels very heavy and very profound I'm serious It's such a validation and more most important those three girls over there have been raised in a very You know they've been raised well But they don't understand yet, how hard life is and how it's all about the effort you put in and There's an award. There's a golden rainbow, and there's a pot at the end of the rainbow And I wanted them to see that even an old man Can eventually if you keep at it long enough, but I'm gonna give the credit You know I keep oh you did you did Ryan Cooper 27 year old kid from Oakland This is his dream And he if he had to come forward if his father hadn't been sick if he wasn't making this as a love letter To his father I never would have thought of this So I learned and I told them you have to listen everyone I mean youth must be served and ideas may come from the oddest places And don't just don't take all the credit yourself right you've waited so long to for this accolade When you were up on stage did it? Did you almost like? Get nervous or I mean I did no no you don't get it. I swear to God. This is I couldn't even focus I Couldn't even focus. I saw one person because Denzel was right in front of me, but the rest was They say we always forget to thank somebody was I know You do and I have in my pocket. I had every name, but I noticed like this Don't pull it out you look And sure enough I forgot the most important man Well, it happens it happens to the best sometimes we forget our husband you really spouses and it happens You see it happen every year somebody