Name: Ralph Macchio Breaks Down His Career, from 'Karate Kid' to 'Cobra Kai' | Vanity Fair
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anytime I would see a movie I would come home and I would,

Yes, I pretended to be Rocky Balboa, okay.

but a nice Michael Corleone, [laughs] not a criminal.

Butch Academy is coming over here for the big dance.

Hey pipe head, this is gonna take a lot of preparation

- This was 1979 and there was this film called

but a couple of Bubble Yum commercials at the time,

and this was one of the first movie auditions.

And I went in to New York City and I met with the director

he just kept giving me more improvisational F bombs to drop.

I think he liked my sort of New York kinda young energy,

and I guess the repetitive F bombs coming out of my mouth

So I pretty much got the audition saying a lot of F bombs

- It was a crazy time because you know '70s cinema

there was a decent amount of drugs in the world

and "Up the Academy" had its share of that

I squeaked when I walked, that's how clean I was.

it's just that the Bradford's know a lot of old people.

- ABC was doing a talent search in New York

And I got lucky enough to be one that was chosen

and plucked from New York and plugged into

And apparently they didn't think eight was enough,

but I fortunately got to do 21 episodes that season.

to week in and week out be part of this ensemble

and learn from all these experienced actors

and sort of be out on my own in Los Angeles at the time.

I mean I got the parts before I kinda knew what I was doing.

I mean I think I gotta give myself enough credit

So I dove deeper into the craft and studied acting

after "Eight is Enough" and right before "The Outsiders."

- Things would go a lot better if Socials stayed

- Yeah well, don't you worry about that, Johnny

- "The Outsiders" was a book I read in seventh grade

It was the first book I ever read without my parents

I always had a great affinity for Johnny Cade,

maybe because his description was close to how I looked

and maybe because he was the sort of runt of the group

and I was kind of the smallest guy in my class.

So when I heard they were making the film, now I was saying,

So on the day that I did get the opportunity to audition

for Francis Ford Coppola, who directed that film,

who directed, you know, "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse",

films that I've seen 25 to 40 times before then.

This was all beyond the dream come true opportunity for me,

and I remember Frances would mix and match actors

as he was looking for the chemistry and the ensemble.

And anytime he picked me to read anything but Johnny,

I was so specifically driven to get that part.

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