I have a feeling when I'm 80 years old I'm going to get a phone call: There's going to be another Rocky.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
After all these years, almost 30 years later, whenever I'm on the street, someone will call out, 'Who you gonna call?'
Not that I have any interest in saying goodbye to Rocky. I absolutely adore being involved and a part of something that is really a phenomenon.
I came up with this really crazy idea, this really small personal story that takes place in a universe that we are familiar with. Rocky is retired, kind of set adrift. He's very lonely in his world. His life has gone by waiting for the inevitable. It's not 'Rocky 7.'
I start phone calls at 4 A.M. to cheer people up. The housebound, people in the hospital. People who, after decades, still can't get over what happened 10 or 15 years ago.
I'm going to live to be 110 years old!
When I see old friends, I'm very excited.
There's this coming-of-age thing that's happening within me.
And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start.
There'll never be a 'Rocky IV.' You gotta call a halt.
When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.