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The interesting part is the video about Sylvester Stallone's perserverance for becoming an actor. Here's a summary:

* Knew without a doubt he wanted to be an actor. People told him "you look stupid." He was thrown out of agent's offices over 1500 times.

* Got his first job sitting in the office of an agent overnight. Played a thug that beats someone up for 20 seconds.

* Didn't have any money, wife wanted him to get a job, but he wouldn't because "I knew that the only way I would make it was if it was my only choice."

* Went to the public library one day because it was warm (didn't have money for heat). Started reading an Edgar Allen Poe book, which inspired him to become a writer.

* Wrote a bunch of screenplays, still broke. Finally sold one for $100.

* Was so broke, he sold his wife's jewelry. That was the end of their relationship.

* Couldn't afford to feed his dog, so he sold his dog - his best friend - for $25. Later that night saw a boxing match and was inspired to write Rocky.

* Was told the screenplay was "stupid, sappy, etc." Wrote down all of those things and read them the night Rocky won an Oscar.

* Was eventually offered $125k for his script. But he demanded to star in it. Eventually after refusing even more money, they agree to pay him $35k and let him play Rocky.

* Desperately wanted his dog back. Bought his dog back for $15k and a part in Rocky (for the guy he bought it back from).



The Hollywood Today post seems to cast all of that in doubt. And now I wonder how much of that interview in Writer's Digest that I cite below was true too. People like true underdog stories. Fake underdog stories are simply despicable.




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