Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: How Marlon Wayans Has Sweatpants to Thank for His Hustle and Career

How does Marlon Wayans have sweatpants to thank...for his hustle and success?

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Marlon Wayans's movies have grossed around two billion dollars to date,
and he's also succeeded in various sectors of entertainment as
a writer, a stand up, a producer, thriving and excelling
to say the least, but you could argue he owes
all of his hustle to something pretty unlikely, sweatpants. Marlin
attended the prestigious performing arts school LaGuardia High School in Manhattan,
the same as Timothy Chalomey, Adrian Brodian Somber, but he

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almost didn't attend because he learned he'd be required to
wear tights in acting classes, which made him insecure. So
his drama teacher made him an offer. Marlin could wear sweatpants,
but he'd have to live up to his end of
the bargain. He tells CBS News. My teacher said, I'll
make a deal with you. If you go to this school,
you will work harder than anybody else, and you will
be special. Those words resonated with Marlon and inspired him

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to reach for the stars, not only during his time
as a student there, but throughout his life. He hads
young people need mentors who believe in them and see
they're great. The young people also have to do the
work so they can see they are great. Marlin's new
movie Hymn is out now.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
That's direct from Hollywood.