Russell Crowe

I had an experience when I was a young fellow.

It was the first time I was in America, actually.

And I'd had all these intense meetings and what have you, and I had a decision to make.

I had

10 different people wanting to be my agent.

So I rented a car and I went for a drive and I went up to San Francisco on the coast and then I turned inland thinking, you know, well, I've heard of Reno, so I'll go there, right?

So I went to Reno, Nevada and I had X amount of money, right?

I was a very... I wasn't...

I was doing well in my career, but I didn't have a lot of cash.

So I had a couple of hundred dollars in my pocket, that's all.

So I went and had a beer and I started playing blackjack on a $5 table.

It's a single deck.

This is how long ago this was, 92 or something, right?

So I'm playing and I did pretty well.

I amassed a few hundred dollars, feeling very cocky and confident about myself.

And I probably just then had one beer too many.

And I went for a walk down the street and I saw a roulette table and I think, that'll be me, right?

Sucker.

And so everything I won, I lost.

And by the time I sort of got my shit back together, I had $25 in my pocket.