Some believe that successful people are always successful, but they do not realize that success was preceded by many failed experiences, and this applies to the famous celebrities who witnessed many pitfalls and failures at the beginning of their marches before achieving great success.
In a report published by the Russian "FB Rey" site, Alexandra Smirnova touched on the stories of some celebrities with the failure at the beginning of their career, which represents an opportunity to review our concept of success, stressing that all these stories should serve as a catalyst for us, so that we believe in ourselves and our ability to succeed .
Troubled university start
One of the most memorable moments in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. was his speech "I have a dream", but Martin Luther was not a talented speaker, and according to the US National Constitution Center, King's speech in his first year at the Chester Institute was not successful.
But this failure did not prevent him from pursuing his dream, to become a distinguished and outstanding student, and the assessments of his first year did not prevent him from developing his oratorical skills, and during his lifetime he delivered more than 2500 speeches.
The film school rejected him three times
Stephen Spielberg directed many successful Oscar-winning films, but his debut was modest, as when he was an amateur director he was unable to impress the film school of the University of Southern California.
According to some sources, he was rejected by his cinema school 3 times, and in the end Spielberg received an honorary degree in 1994.
Kitty Berry sold only 200 copies of her first album
The quality of the music that Kitty Perry sang - and her real name Katherine Hudson - was different. Critics loved her songs, but sales showed that audiences did not like much about her first album, which failed miserably at the commercial level.
But in 2019, Perry has become one of the highest paid artists in the world, according to Forbes reports.
The producers rejected 30 texts prepared by Sylvester Stallone before Rocky
Sylvester Stallone was a miserable actor at his start, and 30 of his works were rejected before he was able to write an 80-page text within 3 days, the text of "Rocky".
In this way, Stallone began his path to success, when he insisted on playing the main role in the film, which is Rocky. Interestingly, this film won the Academy Award for Best Film in 1977, which made Stallone a superstar.
The first Oprah Winfrey budget movie failed
Oprah Winfrey managed to achieve many successes in television and writing, and produced 15 films, but not all were successful.
The first movie on which Oprah spent a huge budget was based on Tony Morrison's "Beloved" novel. According to Oprah Winfrey, in an interview with Vogue magazine, this movie, which was shown in the fall of 1998, did not produce box office revenues.
Despite the impressive success of the Oprah Winfrey program at the time, this did not affect the film positively. After this failure, Oprah learned a valuable lesson. In her statement to Vogue, she said: "I learned not to put all my hopes and expectations at the box office again."
Jim Carrey was not a funny comedy at first
The writer mentioned that actor Jim Carrey was not a funny comic at first, and his first experiences were not very encouraging.
According to Carrie, his first comedy experience was horrific, as he was only 15 years old. On that show, while on stage, Curry was called "boring."
Tyler Perry's first play was attended by just 30 people
Pathetic Tyler Perry performed just 30 people. It is worth noting that Perry paid the money to be able to make this offer, and he directed and produced the play.
His first experience was unsuccessful, but he continued to perform in many other cities without much success, until he managed to break all expectations in Atlanta.