42 Times Celebrities And Successful People Were Badly Rejected But Later Proved Everyone Wrong

Reminds me of that joke in the Rodney Dangerfield movie "Back to School" where Rodney has Kurt Vonnegut HIMSELF write a paper on Kurt Vonnegut for Rodney ('cause Rodney's mad rich), and the professor, knowing Rodney didn't write it himself, says something like "Whoever *did* write this doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut!"

hopefully u got it published in the end

That was a big fat rejection, followed bya a big fat success

shows what you can do, if you put your mind to it

Glad you broke up with him

She was amazing in the part either way, cant imagine anyone else doing it as well as her.

He should at least have given a few tips what he thinks should be changed

That's outrageously weird!

Love this. Way to use them.

O h, that had to hurt :(

Obviously, the rest of your class SUCKED. Good for you!

Isn't that the same :D

LOL, they should all get together for a drink or something and discuss

We had a similar situation with an undergrad student that had done a rather bad job at reviewing a case study on the degradation of bones in an acidic environment in order to age biological remains. As she stood in front of the class and the professor, she proceeded to say "The guy that wrote this screwed up his data. The guy that wrote that got all of his conclusions wrong." Apparently the most important thing she should have read was the name of "the guy that wrote this." Maybe then she would have realized that he was the professor that was in the room currently grading her presentation.

Ouch.... I just go to my corner and quietly hold my stuffed lamb. Then... I write about how lonely it must be to live the life of those who rejected me and I weave a verse about their dark desperation to find ... love. Maybe scribble a few notes about how I hope the zombie apopalypse begins and ends in their offices.

And Savage Garden makes fantastic music!!!

show em what you can do

An awesome book!

"Read it. Didn't flip" what does this mean?

Good point

Google is your friend. He plays Ryan Stocks in Emmerdale.

Maybe he did want to focus on his career; what's the bottom line here? You being a film director doesn't mean he's not successful or enjoys his acting career, and you're certainly not better than him for getting to cast for your project.

He told the manager a good joke

And he felt...nothing. (theater folks will get the reference).

Girl, just let it go.

If at first you don't succeed...

Perseverance is often just as important as talent.

yeah boi

The rejections aren't fun but I hope you always liked writing during that time.

Who's got principal spelling presence now?

Ouch!

Amanda, you are awesome! Want to see more of you on the screen!

Plenty of coaches/managers in sports that have never played professionally, yet still have a job.

Dude he skipped a shift.... unless he called off ahead of time, that was a real d**k move to his coworkers.

all you haters, how about an excerpt from your books?

Saw another story of a guy from Compton that was rejected from Google three times until they wrote to him and asked him to re-apply. He's been working with them for several years now and has a program that helps other kids from poor impoverished areas get the training they need to become members of the tech industry.

She is awesome. Love her! <3

I applaud your bravery.

What what books was that? What's the rejection here?

So what's the rest of the story?