1854th rejection
With a "bang", the door closed behind him, but the sound of mockery came out of the crack in the door.
"As far as he is concerned... I also want to be an actor," said the assistant who was busy cleaning up the props, hiding his disdain in his heart, "not only do the facial muscles look uncoordinated, but even the speech is not sharp." ”
"Don't you see his attachment?" The director asked the assistant to pass on the candidates, and he couldn't help but praise.
"Yes, but this path is not for him at all."
"This is the 1854th rejection", the Hollywood director only knows how to reject him, but he remembers the number of rejections in his heart.
Rejection is uncomfortable, but the dream of being an actor is even stronger.
"Son, since we are actors, we don't have much advantage, so why don't we write the script at home?" If you bring the script to the director, you may be able to give yourself an advantage. ”
He followed his mother's advice and wrote his own script while playing small roles on Broadway.
The 1855th time, he once again pushed open the door of the Hollywood director, this time with the script.
"Look at the script I wrote first!"
"The script is good!" After reading the script, the director once again looked at the young man next to him, it is obvious that the script is good, but is this person suitable for being an actor?
"Since you used my script, let me play the male lead, right?" Once again, the young man asked to be an actor.
"I don't know if you can act well? But I'm willing to give you a chance. "The director finally moved his heart. Not only his book, but also his person.
In 2009, the Venice Film Festival awarded the "Highest Award for Filmmaker Honor". In 2010, he received the Hollywood Career Achievement Award. On December 15, 2016, Sylvester Stallone received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 21st Waldeen Awards.
