Sylvester Stallone admits one risky career move set him back eight years "I had a real down period, say around '95, when I did Cop Land, '95, '96, and I said, oh, let me do something really off, out of my comfort zone. And I did it. And I was very happy with the project, but actually it set me way back" "The studios are going, why would you do that man, you did that for nothing, why wouldn't you just do an action film. I said, because I was gonna do it, I was going to do an action film next, I was just trying to prove a point to myself and whoever cared" "He goes, well that doesn't make us look good because you're doing this for free, and why would we pay you anyway. It began a very bad spiral for about eight years"