Jason Statham, Street Pitch Man

I'm a fan of Jason Statham. Yes, in all his movies he typically plays the same role but you always know what your going to get....action. Anyway, I stumbled on this interview he just did with Esquire and found it amusing that one of the key things he did when he was younger was sell. And by sell, it sounds more like infomercials on the street pitching watches and jewlery.

Check out this excerpt:

"Once, Jason Statham sold cheap watches. Among other pieces of crap. "I was a 'fly pitcher' is what they call it," he says. He used the streets of London to make a living, starting when he was around fourteen, after his father, whom everyone called Nogger, gave him entry into the hustle. "As a boy, I was 'Nogger's Son.' So I could sit and watch them, masters at work, and everyone had good funny names: Peckhead Pete, Mickey Drippin, Colin the Dog. I'd sit down outside of Harrods and I'd pitch the jewelry. I'd do five chains, I'd do twenty-four-inch rope, the matching eighteen, a bracelet, a figaro chain, a matching bracelet, and either a pendant or a choice of a gent's or a lady's ring."

He got his big break from Guy Ritchie who specifically wanted him for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels because of Statham's street selling experience.

"Guy came at me 'cause he was interested in what I used to do on the fucking street. He'd written a character that was the same as me. And he said, 'I love it. Give me some of the patter.' At the time, I had loads of it. Loads of it. And he was fascinated with that, and he just wanted someone who was authentic."

It's a long article but the sales stories are great along with Statham's Laws, Lessons Learned From Selling Everything to Everyone on The Streets of London.

Just another example that sales makes the world go round.

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