Acting Aspirations and Self-Belief

Name?

I'm Mike.

Acting's what I live and breathe for,

and I gotta have faith in myself.

You need to show everyone who you are.

I like this girl, Sylvester.

Sylvester?

That's right, his real name.

It's got a nice ring to it, Sylvester Stallone.

It's like Peter Parker.

Are you delusional?

You don't got the looks to be a movie star.

Not to mention, you talk like you got rocks in your mouth.

Yeah, I know I don't look like Einstein, but, but I got a brain.

The only way I'm gonna get to show people is I'm gonna have to write a script for

myself.

Yeah, so do that.

Write a script.

And give yourself the best part.

There's something big here.

You wrote this in three and a half days? This is freaking good.

Could have someone like Chuck Bronson, or we could do Eastwood.

Guy- guys,

I play Rocky.

I have no idea what that means.

So the writer wants to be in it.

As the lead? No, absolutely not.

Throw some money at him. 25K.

No.

Raise the offer. Try 75.

You're parking cars, for Christ's sake. Sylvester.

No.

175.

Go to 200.

No?

I'm not giving this up, not for a million bucks, not for

10.

Hey.

All right, now, if you do this-

It comes with some strings.

If you ever fall one day behind schedule-

The meat's frozen solid

... they're gonna kick you to the curb-

You broke your hand

... and they can replace you with a real

actor.

How do I even know what I'm doing is any good?

Just do the best acting of your life, and everything'll be fine.

How far behind schedule are they?

They're not.

This movie, it's about having a belief in yourself.

It's about going the distance.

I put my heart and soul on the page. If I'm not

willing to live up to what I wrote, then what's the point?

So do you believe in me,

or not?

I thought you said you could box.

I lied.

Let go of the head.

I'm an actor, God damn it. You always lie.

Yeah.