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In Conversation with Sylvester Stallone | CBS Sunday Morning at 92Y. (2026, September 30). CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/in-conversation-sylvester-stallone-cbs-sunday-morning-at-92y/

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Tracy Smith interviewed Sylvester Stallone before a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, discussing his recent milestones including Rocky turning 50 and Stallone reaching 80. During the conversation, Stallone reflected on writing an upcoming book about perseverance and shared insights into why the character of Rocky resonates with audiences, emphasizing themes of isolation, connection, and personal struggle.
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Correspondent Tracy Smith interviewed Sylvester Stallone at a live event at 92nd Street Y in New York City, discussing his career milestones in 2026, including the 50th anniversary of the Rocky franchise and Stallone turning 80. During the conversation, Stallone mentioned he felt compelled to write a book that year because it marked a period of significant introspection about his life journey. He emphasized that while the timing might seem late, he wanted to ensure the content was instructive rather than self-aggrandizing or overly dramatic.

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“The articles describe two distinct interviews with Sylvester Stallone, one being a web exclusive and another being part of CBS Sunday Morning at the 92nd Street Y.”
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sentences that state something as happening or true
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Topics

CBS SUNDAY MORNING AT 92Y New York City

Subjects

Rocky PERSON · 2× Adrian PERSON · 1× CBS SUNDAY MORNING AT 92Y ORG · 1× Mickey ORG · 1× New York City GPE · 1× Rock ORG · 1× SYLVESTER STALLONE: 00:07:37 PERSON · 1× Sylvester PERSON · 1× Sylvester Stallone PERSON · 1× Tracy Smith PERSON · 1×

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But when I eventually saw him at 93, and he was being eaten by cancer and all that, and he's now, I'm picking him off the sheets kind of a thing, it was quite a horrible revelation, because now I was the father.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-30
🔮 You would think earlier on, but I felt as though there was a few more things happening.
2026-09-30 · CBS News
In Conversation with Sylvester Stallone | CBS Sunday Morning at 92Y · assertive framing

Claims (649 extracted, 12 hedged)

Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with three-time Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone before a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. asserted
Smith → talk → City
TRANSCRIPT FOR: “IN CONVERSATION WITH SYLVESTER STALLONE | CBS SUNDAY MORNING AT 92Y” AUDIENCE: 00:05:55 We love you! asserted
We → love → you
They're just going to keep yelling. asserted
They → go → ?
We love you, Rock! asserted
We → love → you
I love you too. asserted
I → love → you
[CHEERING] All right, let us talk a little bit so you can hear what Sylvester has to say. asserted
Sylvester → let → what
Rocky turned 50. asserted
Rocky → turn → ?
[CHEERING] And you turned 80. asserted
you → turn → 80
Was this just a time of introspection when you thought, I should write a book? asserted
I → think → book
You would think earlier on, but I felt as though there was a few more things happening. asserted
I → think → ?
I've had a very interesting life. asserted
I → have → life
And it just seems that this particular year, it all came to fruition. asserted
it → seem → fruition
And I thought, I want to write something that is instructive, not so much that it's self-aggrandizing and this, and oh, woe is me. asserted
woe → think → something
But it's the journey that hopefully, other people understand that life is fighting gravity non-stop. asserted
life → understand → gravity
And you can't stop or you go back downhill again. asserted
you → stop → ?
But it's how-it-happened book. asserted
it → happen → ?
What do you think it is? asserted
it → think → ?
Why do you think Rocky the movie and Rocky the character has endured? asserted
Rocky → think → ?
Well, it wasn't as though it was, like, planned, it was mechanically orchestrated. asserted
it → plan → ?
I just wrote about how I felt as a man. asserted
I → write → man
And then I tried to put the other side of me, like in Adrian, like, all these people were ostracized and basically forgotten. asserted
people → try → Adrian
And every time I pass somebody in the street, they go, this person expected a lot more from life than doing what he's doing, or she's doing what she's doing. asserted
she → pass → what
So I just wrote about that, this quiet suffering kind of a thing and basically, just existing until you don't exist, and no one even notices you were here. asserted
you → write → thing
So that was primarily the basis of it-- until you found a kindred spirit. asserted
you → find → spirit
He found love. asserted
He → find → love
He found the reason. asserted
He → find → reason
Mickey found it. asserted
Mickey → find → it
In other words, they all realized that no man is an island. asserted
man → realize → words
People need people, period. asserted
People → need → people
And it was that connection that people connect with. asserted
people → connect → that
Yeah, it's very-- I mean, isolation, it's brutal. asserted
it → mean → ?
And I know what that is because-- I don't think I-- I was here for years and years. asserted
I → know → years
I never went out. asserted
I → go → ?
I never had a drink. asserted
I → have → drink
I never went to a restaurant. asserted
I → go → restaurant
You know what I mean? asserted
I → know → what
I just felt-- asserted
I → felt-- → ?
and I don't recommend this. asserted
I → recommend → this
But I felt like in my business, believe it or not, it's very finite. asserted
it → feel → it
If you haven't made it in theatrics by the time you're 29, 30, that's like being 150-year-old pole dancer. asserted
that → make → time
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