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Mark Ruffalo, one of the stars of the new film The Avengers (2012), has had a long, eventful career in Hollywood. However, he wasn’t always as widely respected as he is today. As a young man, he worked in theater, but made very little money and was unable to support himself on his talent alone. He took to bartending and did that for 10 years before he finally got his big break. The break came for him by a playwright named Kenneth Lonergan, who is the writer of the thriller, Margaret (2011).

Taking a shine to Ruffalo, Lonergan cast him in one of his plays, which contributed to his career and helped launch a successful start into the film industry. Since then, Ruffalo built his reputation in many widely acclaimed independent films and major motion pictures alike.

The lesson that a person can take from Ruffalo’s career is the fact that determination and hope will get a person through difficult circumstances. Despite the fact that he failed in numerous attempts to enter the entertainment industry, it merely took one well-written and executed play to help launch his career.

Actors and screenwriters will do well to follow the path of Ruffalo’s career, starting with his humble roots in theaters and ending with the major films that he has starred in recently. The most important thing in any person’s career is to follow your heart. By following their heart, a person will be sure that they are on the right track, whether they are accepted or not by mainstream audiences.

Filmography

1.  (2012) The Avengers
2. (2011) Margaret Script
3. (2010) Date Night Script
4. (2010) Shutter Island Script
5. (2010) The Kids Are All Right Script
6. (2010) Sympathy for Delicious
7. (2009) Where the Wild Things Are [Transcript]
8. (2008) What Doesn’t Kill You Script [Subscription Required]
9. (2008) The Brothers Bloom Script
10. (2008) Blindness [Transcript]
11. (2007) Reservation Road Script
12. (2007)  Zodiac [Transcript]
13. (2006) All the King’s Men Script
14. (2005) Rumor Has It…
15. (2005) Just Like Heaven [Transcript]
16. (2004) Collateral Script
17. (2004) 13 Going on 30 [Transcript]
18. (2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Script
19. (2004) We Don’t Live Here Anymore [Transcript]
20. (2003) In the Cut [Transcript]
21. (2003) View from the Top [Transcript]
22. (2003) My Life Without Me [Transcript]
23. (2002) Windtalkers [Transcript]
24. (2002) XX/XY Script [For Purchase]
25. (2001) The Last Castle [Transcript]
26. (2001) Apartment 12 Script
27. (2000) You Can Count on Me Script
28. (2000) Committed
29. (1999) I Ride with the Devil [Transcript]
30. (1999) A Fish in the Bathtub
31. (1998) 54
32. (1998) Safe Men
33. (1997) Blood Money Script [For Purchase]
34. (1996) The Last Big Thing
35. (1996) The Dentist
36. (1996) The Destiny of Marty Fine
37. (1995) A Gift from Heaven
38. (1995) Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur
39. (1994) There Goes My Baby Script [For Purchase]
40. (1994) Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance
41. (1993) A Song for You