Sylvester Stallone Gardenzio (born in New York City, USA, July 6, 1946, age 64 years) is an actor, director and screenwriter United States. He has the nickname "Sly". His middle name is sometimes called "Enzio," and in A & E one of the actor's biography, The Rocky Road to the Top, she gave the middle name "Gardenzio." He was one of the great legends of success in live action films, his roles include the Rocky and Rambo series.
This young man was born from a poor family in New York. His mother was forced to give birth da ditangga door of a school. As a result of births that is not smooth, he suffered a nervous disorder in the face, right side of his face is not normal. He also spoke stuttering, and his lips are always turned down. He is often ridiculed as a cartoon character in Looney Tunes cat who happens to resemble his name. Because of its shortcomings, in adolescence he was put to school for children who have special needs.
He has a dream to become an actor. To pursue his dream of becoming a famous actor, this boy auditioned everywhere. But the face "like a mental defective" and the stuttering style of speech, and acting which looks stiff, he always refused to make any role he wanted. But he never gave up, you will be surprised to know how many times he was denied an agent in New York. He rejected as much as 1500 times, even the total number of film agents in New York is not that much. That is, some agents have repeatedly rejected.
After a failed audition everywhere, he finally determined. To get the first role he had insisted. He came go to agency at 4:00 pm but the film agent who visited refused to meet him. The next morning when the agent came into office he found the boy still waiting. He waited all night. Finally, the agent did not have the heart and give him a chance. Although he only appears for a few minutes as extras, this is a breakthrough for him. At least give added value that he used to play movies. He thought the course would be easier.
But his career was not moving. He was a fiasco for the next failure to get other roles. He even once took part in semi-porno film with a low fee of U.S. $ 200 for the second day of shooting. After his career and even then did not move. He could not pay the heater when the temperature is very cold room in New York. He was forced to the library and read, just to get a warm temperature. Of books read in the library he finally got the idea for a screenplay write. He managed to sell a screenplay worth U.S. $ 100.
Her life did not improve. His wife began to not stand with his obsession. His wife always said look for real jobs that have nothing to do with acting, but he insisted did not want to bury the dreams in the world of acting. His life increasingly difficult, he was forced to sell her jewelry. At this point in his life beautiful he was forced to sell pet dog named Timmy. He struggled for months until one day he did not have any money. Timmy is very close to him, like a friend, he was forced to sell his dog with only a price of U.S. $ 25 to be able to connect his life, because it was really bankrupt, could not even eat. At that time he cried.
In the turmoil he was watching a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Webner, a weak boxer who according to forecasts and more people will be torn down for 3 rounds, it turns out Webner has a steadiness and perseverance. He can complete a total of 15 rounds against Ali because he refused to surrender. Easygoing was so inspired by the spectacle and emerged a vision of a film that he would write manuscript. That night he also wrote and wrote for 3 days without stopping, until the movie script is complete. He was very happy with the manuscript, because in His thoughts he knew that the manuscript the story will be a film that changes the lives and fate. His hands shook as looking up the manuscript.
Then ut submit his writings to the film producer. But no one gave a serious response to the text of the story. But he never stopped trying. He offers a story script and rejected more than a hundred times to all producers and movie studios. Until one day, there is a studio would dare buy a manuscript worth U.S. $ 20,000 on condition that the main character starring by Ryan O'Neal and Brut Reynolds. He is excited about the offer, but want to keep his own star in the film. Then he offered to play free of charge. The director refused. Although actually in desperate need of money, he insisted refused to sell the script unless he could be a star. The producers continue to raise its bid $ 80,000, $ 125,000, $ 250,000 to $ 325,000, but the boy insisted would not want to sell a movie script unless he played the main characters. He promised to play nice.
This is the story of Sylvester Stallone or can be abbreviated as "Sly". Sly realized, after 1500 times of rejection, Rocky screenplay that made possible the only gate to the main role, so he would not release Rokcy role to others. Although her low-budget U.S. $ 1,000,000 and starring actors are not famous at that time, that is Stallone himself, the film explodes in the market and make money worth U.S. $ 200 million or 200-fold.
From the Rocky movie that starred he was nominated for an Academy Award as best actor. The film won three Oscars for best picture, best director and best screenplay. After Rocky, continue to accompany success for decades to come. He again went on to become an icon in the action movie character Rambo. Youth italy descendants became ikon machismo (manliness) in Hollywood action films.
He became an actor in the world's largest printer box office during the year 1970 to 1990. Serial Rocky (Rocky 1-5) and Rambo (1-4) reached almost U.S. $ 1 billion, and Stallone made the most expensive people international movie star.
What was accomplished today is the fruit of his determination to maintain a dream to become a movie star.
If he gave up the manuscript Rocky starring someone else might he received U.S. $ 325,000 for the script but he lost his opportunity, which may be the only one, to become a major star.
About the rejection they experienced he said "i take rejection as someone blowing a Bugle in my ear to wake up and get going, rather than retreat".
"I consider rejection as someone blowing a trumpet on the ear to wake us not to retreat"
References:
- Http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=7854266 (Thanks To Agan mystronghold)
- http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Stallone
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