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Extended interview: Sylvester Stallone

In this web exclusive, actor, writer and director Sylvester Stallone talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about his career, including his first experience as an actor in a school production of "Death…

Sylvester Stallone on the fight to make "Rocky"

Sylvester Stallone was a struggling actor who wrote the perfect script for himself – and refused to sell it unless he played the title role.

  • Stallone grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen in poverty.
  • He worked odd jobs, including cleaning lion cages.
  • Rocky script led to Oscar-winning cinematic classic.

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