Have you ever wondered why he has such a unique expression? He was born paralysed in the lower left part of his face. Not to mention his speech was slurred.
When he came to New York City to be an actor, nobody wanted to hire him. At one point, he went three weeks sleeping at the New Jersey bus terminal since he was so broke.
Things got so bad, he had to sell his loyal companion, his dog to a stranger for $25. It was his lowest point.
Then, one day, he got an idea for a screen play while watching Muhammad Ali box. He didn't sleep the whole weekend, and banged out the script for rocky in 3 days.
Eventually, he found producers who offered him, a man who was so broke he sold his dog, $125,000 for the movie. But there was a catch, he couldn't act in it.
He walked away. He was so broke, but he had a dream to be an actor, so he walked away.
Weeks later, they offered him $325,000; but he still said no. Eventually, they let him act in the movie, but only paid $35,000.
Out of that, he immediately spent $15,000 on tracking down and buying back his best friend, his dog. The dog is in the movie.
Rocky made $200 million.
"It ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get it and keep moving on. That's how winning is done."
Source: The Meta Picture
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