Continued from a previous post. The blog entry seemed to long, so I broke it into two postings.
21. After his first audition, Sidney Poitier was told by the casting director, "Why don't you stop wasting people's time and go out and become a dishwasher or something?" It was at that moment, recalls Poitier, that he decided to devote his life to acting.
22. When Lucille Ball began studying to be actress in 1927, she was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession."
23. The first time Jerry Seinfeld walked on-stage at a comedy club as a professional comic, he looked out at the audience, froze, and forgot the English language. He stumbled through "a minute-and a half" of material and was jeered offstage. He returned the following night and closed his set to wild applause.
24. In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency, told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, "You'd better learn secretarial work or else get married." I'm sure you know that Norma Jean was Marilyn Monroe. Now . . . who was Emmeline Snively?
25. After Harrison Ford's first performance as a hotel bellhop in the film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the studio vice-president called him in to his office. "Sit down kid," the studio head said, "I want to tell you a story. The first time Tony Curtis was ever in a movie he delivered a bag of groceries. We took one look at him and knew he was a movie star." Ford replied, "I thought you were spossed to think that he was a grocery delivery boy." The vice president dismissed Ford with "You ain't got it kid , you ain't got it ... now get out of here."
26. Charlie Chaplin was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs because his pantomime was considered "nonsense."
27. Decca Records turned down a recording contract with the Beatles with the unprophetic evaluation, "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on their way out." After Decca rejected the Beatles, Columbia records followed suit.
28. In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired Elvis Presley after one performance. He told Presley, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck."
29. Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him "hopeless as a composer." And, of course, you know that he wrote five of his greatest symphonies while completely deaf.
30. A Paris art dealer refused Picasso shelter when he asked if he could bring in his paintings from out of the rain. One hopes that there is justice in this world and that the art dealer eventually went broke.
31. Van Gogh sold only one painting during his life. And this to the sister of one of his friends for 400 francs (approximately $50). This didn't stop him from completing over 800 paintings.
32. Stravinsky was run out of town by an enraged audience and critics after the first performance of the Rite of Spring.
33. Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college. He was described as both "unable and unwilling to learn." No doubt a slow developer.
34. Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, was encouraged to find work as a servant by her family.
35. Emily Dickinson had only seven poems published in her lifetime.
36. 15 publishers rejected a manuscript by e. e. cummings. When he finally got it published by his mother, the dedication, printed in uppercase letters, read WITH NO THANKS TO . . . followed by the list of publishers who had rejected his prized offering. Nice going Eddie. Thanks for illustrating that nobody loses all the time.
37. 21 publishers rejected Richard Hooker's humorous war novel, M*A*S*H. He had worked on it for seven years.
38. 27 publishers rejected Dr. Seuss's first book, To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
39. Jack London received six hundred rejection slips before he sold his first story.
40. Gertrude Stein submitted poems to editors for nearly 20 years before one was finally accepted. See . . . a rose is a rose.
41. I bet you didn't know that John Milton wrote Paradise Lost 16 years after losing his eyesight
information gathered from: http://des.emory.edu/mfp/efficacynotgiveup.html
22. When Lucille Ball began studying to be actress in 1927, she was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession."
23. The first time Jerry Seinfeld walked on-stage at a comedy club as a professional comic, he looked out at the audience, froze, and forgot the English language. He stumbled through "a minute-and a half" of material and was jeered offstage. He returned the following night and closed his set to wild applause.
24. In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency, told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, "You'd better learn secretarial work or else get married." I'm sure you know that Norma Jean was Marilyn Monroe. Now . . . who was Emmeline Snively?
25. After Harrison Ford's first performance as a hotel bellhop in the film Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, the studio vice-president called him in to his office. "Sit down kid," the studio head said, "I want to tell you a story. The first time Tony Curtis was ever in a movie he delivered a bag of groceries. We took one look at him and knew he was a movie star." Ford replied, "I thought you were spossed to think that he was a grocery delivery boy." The vice president dismissed Ford with "You ain't got it kid , you ain't got it ... now get out of here."
26. Charlie Chaplin was initially rejected by Hollywood studio chiefs because his pantomime was considered "nonsense."
27. Decca Records turned down a recording contract with the Beatles with the unprophetic evaluation, "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on their way out." After Decca rejected the Beatles, Columbia records followed suit.
28. In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired Elvis Presley after one performance. He told Presley, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck."
29. Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him "hopeless as a composer." And, of course, you know that he wrote five of his greatest symphonies while completely deaf.
30. A Paris art dealer refused Picasso shelter when he asked if he could bring in his paintings from out of the rain. One hopes that there is justice in this world and that the art dealer eventually went broke.
31. Van Gogh sold only one painting during his life. And this to the sister of one of his friends for 400 francs (approximately $50). This didn't stop him from completing over 800 paintings.
32. Stravinsky was run out of town by an enraged audience and critics after the first performance of the Rite of Spring.
33. Leo Tolstoy flunked out of college. He was described as both "unable and unwilling to learn." No doubt a slow developer.
34. Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, was encouraged to find work as a servant by her family.
35. Emily Dickinson had only seven poems published in her lifetime.
36. 15 publishers rejected a manuscript by e. e. cummings. When he finally got it published by his mother, the dedication, printed in uppercase letters, read WITH NO THANKS TO . . . followed by the list of publishers who had rejected his prized offering. Nice going Eddie. Thanks for illustrating that nobody loses all the time.
37. 21 publishers rejected Richard Hooker's humorous war novel, M*A*S*H. He had worked on it for seven years.
38. 27 publishers rejected Dr. Seuss's first book, To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
39. Jack London received six hundred rejection slips before he sold his first story.
40. Gertrude Stein submitted poems to editors for nearly 20 years before one was finally accepted. See . . . a rose is a rose.
41. I bet you didn't know that John Milton wrote Paradise Lost 16 years after losing his eyesight
information gathered from: http://des.emory.edu/mfp/efficacynotgiveup.html
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And here's a look at some classic books that were rejected!
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1712987/classic_books_that_were_rejected_by.html
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