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I had the greatest parents. My pop, he became like a minister in a high school. His name was Michael. He was a sheet metal mechanic coming from an iceman. He could do anything, build anything.
He could smock. He's pretty good, too. He's a tough guy himself. He was a great guy. My mother, Josephine, she lived to about 93.
The most beautiful lady ever. Protected me from everything. Mama knew I couldn't do wrong. When I needed money as a kid, my father would give me 25 cents. I said, Mom, I need two grand. She said, Mike, write out a check, sign a check. That was it.
When she spoke, he listened. The only trouble I ever had was when I left home. I believed in myself in life. I had 17 pro fights. I never lost a pro fight. I believed in myself. I was a very good fighter.
Custom model was my first manager. Charlie was a trainer, trained Marceano. He converted me from southpaw to right-hander. In those days, you couldn't fight left-hander. But fighting was part of my nature. I did an exhibition with Muhammad Ali.
That was one of my high spots at the Olympic Auditorium in California. We became fast friends, very good. You never said when you give up boxing. Who gets sad getting punched in the face? Growing up, I was early in the Marine Corps, 16. I was half a hoodlum, really.
I had a carpet lay in business, 60 men working, everything on a short dollar, you know. I was pretty unhappy. And this beautiful girl, she was a barmaid in the Jackson Heights gym. I started asking if she ever thought of being an actress. And she led up. And she said she wanted to start with Lee Strasberg. And I thought that was a girl.
I don't know who the hell Lee Strasberg was. But I figured I can get it in anywhere. So I found out who he was, wrote him a letter. I don't know if acting has anything for me, but I'm treading water. See me. And he did.
So I never saw tension in a man's face. But I fear you're an emotional library, he says. Would you work with me? I said yes. And I was able to take myself serious. Well, I read the script, the Rocky script. It was like a masterpiece in simplicity.
It was half a character, half reality. But it was very touching, very moving. It was like a moving poetry.
It was beautiful. I'm in the commissary in California. A young guy squats next to me. He says, Mr. Young, I'm Sylvester Stallone. I wrote Rocky. I said, congratulations. I'm proud. He says, you got to do it. I let me twist that arm a little bit.
I'm going to do it. That's when we first met each other. I was the highest paid actor in the first Rocky, more than he was. I was a strong piece of writing. I didn't take a chance.
I dove into it. You don't have to go too far for him. He's very bright and funny too. But we worked very well together, very good.
We never had a harsh moment, really. I like working with him. And he's fast.
He shoots fast. We would have shot after Rocky by now. I never knew it was going to be go through the seal.
I didn't know what huge hits were. Rocky had a crush on the doorbell. That was a lot of fun. My papa was much more talented. I was acting before he died. He didn't understand it because he knew Maeser Houlton. We'd bring him to screenings early.
I had a projection room in Beverly Hills in my house out there. We'd show him some of the movies. The hell's he, he couldn't get it. Couldn't get it.
I don't think it can put me in a bottle. As an actor and as an artist, perhaps the acting, I'm a little more structured. I pick ammunition, bullets to use, to relax into, to fatten up. Could be greed.
It could be anger. And I fatten that up. Personal things that I used to get there. Police was quick and crafty, but had many personal hobbies that were not me. I made them as warm as I could make them. But you had to forgive the sucker for it. He was a pretty ugly guy many times. They miscast me. I'm a lovable son of a gun.
It's just I go straight, straight here and there. And a terrific job on the production, editing, and storytelling by our own Greg Hengler. And a special thanks to Platinum Platypus for their work on this interview with Burt Yousef.
Straight and simple. Like Rocky, what he said about Rocky is so true of so much great storytelling. It's simple, it's straight, and it moves people. The story of Burt Young, the story about so much, here on Our American Stories. Lee Habib here, the host of Our American Stories. Every day on this show, we're bringing inspiring stories from across this great country.
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