I had like
$160 in the bank like I said, I had to sell my dog and things were not looking very very good my $40 car
had just blown up, so I was taking a bus to work. I had no
no film history, no real film knowledge.
I was just working from I guess instinct, and I knew this was like the moment of truth and they said
Sylvester you ready. I said no, but Rocky was there, so often I had gone to
Fight films and or sporty films just you were to go out there, you're gonna knock them out. You're gonna win
I said no, that was I'm not gonna win. I'm going to get destroyed
but
if I can
just be
Lucid. If I can still be standing on my feet, Y'know what in life isn't so bad, and I think again
Symbolically at the very end of our lives if we can still say you know we were never humbled
We were knocked down, but we got up and I can say I lived life with integrity
And I took all the blows and I still prevailed I think that's that's a good
Epitaph for anyone, and that's what I tried to capture it in this film
But more importantly you can't be alone. To really succeed no man
really is an island. When you find the right components in your life, the right people, that gel with you then you feel so
you're invincible.
you