In an interview with CBS Mornings, Sylvester Stallone sadly recalled the moment he walked onto the stage to receive the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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“You want the people you love, who rejected you, to be there. Now you’re here, you’re at the Oscars, and they don’t want to come,” he said, his voice breaking.
“You realize, at that moment, that you will never, ever be able to reconcile with that. And it’s like: what more do you need? Seriously, what more do you need to do to say: ‘I’m here. I did this’,” he reflected.
Sylvester Stallone spoke candidly about his triumphant night in 1977, when the film “Rocky” won three statuettes, including Best Picture, Best Editing, and Best Director.
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The 79-year-old star also recalled his childhood struggles, citing his parents’ divorce. He revealed that he went to live with his father at age 11 and that he was “emotionally and physically abusive.”
“Parents really need to get their act together. Children are like soft clay. They really are. You shape them, you knead them, you hurt them, or you drop them off the table, and they never have the same shape again,” he said.
“I still carry this with me. And I wish I didn’t have to carry it. And I pray, and I do everything I can, but it’s always there,” confided Sylvester Stallone.
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