Sylvester Stallone is refusing to grow old elegantly.

The 60-year-old actor is reprising his most famous role in new film “Rocky Balboa” and admits he can identify with the courageous boxer's inability to deal with the ageing process, as Monsters and Critics reports.

"You wake up one morning and you go, 'What happened? Where did it all go so fast? There are many more things I want to do.' And I figure a lot of people feel the same. Just because people get older doesn't mean they abandon their dream or their ability to want to do something, so Rocky is symbolic of still wanting to participate. Rocky says the last thing to age is the heart, so I wanted to do a film that shows our generation is not on the outside looking in, it's still vital and wants to be part of the parade, not watching it", Sylvester Stallone told Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Stallone denies ideas that the story of his new film, in which Rocky comes out of retirement to fight the current world heavyweight champion Mason 'The Line' Dixon, is semi-autobiographical.

"I know people will think Rocky is my story, but it's also my generation's story. I want to show that life is not over at 50. People say, 'Come on, grow old gracefully.' No, why? I'm not ready", said the Hollywood actor.

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