by Paul Rose Jr | Apr 21, 2016 | Daily Update, Dreams, Frustration, Historical Note
Don’t wait. Do what you dream of, what moves your heart. In the past two days, we’ve had 2 celebrity deaths. WWE’s Chyna, who was my age, and The Artist/Prince, who was only 11 years older (which makes no sense when I think about singing along to his...
by Paul Rose Jr | Mar 26, 2016 | Acting, Dreams, Film, Hollywood, Writing
It amazes me how much people have studied the original Rocky film and forget that his goal was NOT to beat Apollo Creed. It’s very clearly stated about 1/2-way through – (paraphrased) no one’s ever lasted 10 rounds with the champion. If I can do...
by Paul Rose Jr | Mar 6, 2016 | Dreams, Historical Note
Four years ago today, I finished packing about 2/3rds of my worldly possessions (mostly books) into a Penske truck and left Florida, headed for Hollywood…
by Paul Rose Jr | Feb 23, 2016 | Creativity, Dreams, Hollywood, Hollywood Story, VISION, Writing
The Terminator was originally written to take place in the future. Because of budget restrictions, James Cameron & Gale Ann Hurd rewrote it to take place mostly in 1984. George Miller set the first Mad Max in a post-apocalyptic world because they could only afford...
by Paul Rose Jr | Jan 30, 2016 | Acting, Dreams, Film, Hollywood, Inspirational Quote