I’ve always loved the scene in The Pursuit of Happyness on the basketball court, in which Jaden’s character shoots the ball and yells, “I’m going pro!” My character, Chris Gardner, discourages him from pursuing basketball but catches himself: “Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something, not even me …. You got a dream …. you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.”
