LOS ANGELES – Sylvester Stallone doesn’t blame you for hating some of his movies. There are a few he despises himself.

Stallone considers “Rhinestone,” about a cab driver who tries to become a country singer, among the worst films ever made. He also says his ego turned “Rambo III” into a disaster.

“You do become a megalomaniac,” Stallone, 64, said during a retrospective of his career at the Los Angeles Film Festival. “Especially when you do action films.”

Stallone has been a writer and director as well as an actor. He combines all three roles in “The Expendables,” an action thriller about mercenaries.

The movie, which opens Aug. 13, co-stars Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis and Jason Statham, and features a cameo by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“Rocky,” released in 1976, won three Oscars, including best picture, and was nominated for seven more. None of Stallone’s movies since then has achieved that kind of critical acclaim.

“Rhinestone” (1984) was conceived as a modest film, but script changes turned it into a bloated unfunny comedy, Stallone said.

“Rambo III” (1988), set during the Soviet Union’s occupation of Afghanistan, became little more than a series of action stunts. Stallone blames himself for relating too much to his fictional character.

“You get a sense, maybe I can do this stuff and you can’t,” he said. “I hold myself totally responsible.”