Aaron Paul: Only hard work can turn adversity into a landscape

Aaron Paul was born into an ordinary family in Idaho, usa, the son of a retired Catholic Baptist pastor, so at an early age he had the opportunity to perform on stage in church rehearsals. In the eighth grade, he began to go crazy about acting and aspired to make a career out of it. After graduation, like other young people who wanted to be actors, he came to Hollywood alone and wanted to start his own business.

However, the pursuit of his dreams was never easy, and in those first days he could only earn money as a seat usher at the Universal Cinema, he could not even afford an apartment and had to share with others in a dark and crowded apartment building, and had to sleep in the closet for countless nights and have his beautiful dreams.

No one supports, no one understands, life is full of ridicule and blows, no chances, no shortcuts, dreams are like a joke god has made on him. In those days of despair and confusion, his life was occupied by depression, overwhelmed by the cruel pressures of life. He once wanted to give up this unrealistic dream, he thought, forget it, he is just an ordinary little character, how can he dream of becoming a big star.

However, one occasional day, when he was about to pick up some waste from the grocery pile on the balcony and sell it to pay his rent, he was surprised to find that in the corner of the open balcony, in the dirty corner full of debris, there was a small grass growing. There were only two or three leaves, slender as a baby's eyelashes, tender green buds, conspicuous in the gray debris pile, tender body, even a breeze will make it shiver.

It was very surprising that such a small life could be born in such a place that did not have enough water and nutrients, but still stood tall. He spent almost a morning crouching next to this small grass, watching it bend over and over again by the wind, and again and again proudly and stubbornly raising its head, and shaking happily, as if holding its head high to meet the next round of strong wind. His eyes were moist, and his heart was deeply shocked, but it was just a small grass, and he could still face the blows of fate calmly and try to give the most tenacious confrontation in such a harsh environment. A certain weakness in the depths of his soul was touched, and the fire of his dreams, which had been extinguished by the cold water of life, was gradually ignited.

He began to put in more effort, multiple jobs, and spend more time learning professional acting theory, and finally, he had the opportunity to get some insignificant small roles in some plays, and no one would think that this young man whose acting career was not brilliant would become a Hollywood star. He does not care about the evaluation of others, nor does he care about the current gains and losses, just work hard, persevere, when life hits his enthusiasm again and again, he also thinks of the grass that is not afraid of wind and rain and strives to stand up again and again, because he believes that only by persevering and working hard can he turn adversity into a landscape.

Finally, after a series of humble roles on the big and small screens, he finally came to work, he joined the American drama "Breaking Bad" as the male number two, and in 2010 and 2012, he won the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He is Aaron Paul, a man with no prominent background, no outstanding appearance, but a determination to persevere in his dreams.

When the final season of "Breaking Bad" aired in 2013, popularity soared, and Aaron Paul was also selected as the male lead of the commercial action film "Need for Speed", becoming a quasi-first-line big-screen male protagonist. Many people say that Aaron's success depends only on his luck, but when Need for Speed was released in 2014 and achieved great box office results, when the audience in the movie theater for the protagonist Aaron Paul drove across a narrow street corner and drove on a closed highway to 200 kilometers per hour to cheer for the wonderful performance, those who said he was taking luck were silent. You know, most of the drag racing scenes are not stunts, but his own real performances, but before that, he was not a professional racing person.

However, this film, which won the attention and applause with a sense of reality, was also the condition for Aaron to obtain this role, and in many of the fierce chase competitions in the film, he had to go abroad to participate in many real drag racing scenes without using any computer special effects. For this hard-won opportunity, Aaron promised the director that in preparation for filming, he trained racing skills at the International Circuit, an hour's drive outside of Los Angeles, from ordinary cars to Mustang racing. After blowing up countless tires, Aaron was able to park his high-performance racing car a step away from the camera lens.

From an obscure dragon suit role, to a popular student in Hollywood, Aaron Paul with his firm willpower and strong determination and ordinary people can not understand the effort step by step to his dreams, because, he knows, life has always been like this, ordinary people pursue their dreams will not have a good road, like a grass that breaks through the ground, waiting for it may have wind and sunshine, but also to learn to face the storm, but it is important, no matter what kind of difficulties are faced, learn to face calmly, Perseverance in the face of adversity thrives, and that adversity will eventually become another beautiful landscape.

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Author: Crystal clear

Source: Inspirational Lifetime

Knowledge point: Willpower business