# Sylvester Stallone says he’d be in ‘big trouble’ trying to make his career in today’s Hollywood

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sylvester-stallone-says-hed-be-in-big-trouble-trying-to-make-his-career-in-todays-hollywood/
- Published: 2026-09-29T02:00:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-29T02:23:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sylvester-stallone-big-trouble-making-career-todays-hollywood
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, World

## Key points

- Stallone says today’s Hollywood would be difficult for him to navigate.
- Rocky earned over $225 million and won best picture.
- His memoir, The Steps, is due out on 29 September.

## Summary

Sylvester Stallone says he would struggle to build the same career in today’s Hollywood, citing changes in acting styles, casting and subject matter that he feels he would not relate to. Speaking to CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith at a 92NY event, he also questioned whether a film such as The Godfather could be cast the same way now.

Stallone said that without Rocky’s success he might have gone to prison or worked with horses and other animals. Released in 1976 on a modest budget, Rocky earned more than $225 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for best picture; Stallone wrote and starred in it, receiving Oscar nominations for both roles. He also described following “Murphy’s Law” by learning the fire-escape route whenever he stays in a hotel, and said his memoir, The Steps, is due out on 29 September.

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