Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side．By tradition he 1 have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman．But he wanted 2 ．Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act．“I wasn't a 3 actor, but I had a driving need to do something 4 with my life，”he says．
He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his 5 ．But he didn't make 6 ．For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, 7 at an actors' workshop that he opened in Hollywood．But Moresco kept working at his 8 career．
In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing．Moresco moved back to his 9 neighborhood．In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was 10 to his life．Called Half Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother's 11 and staged at a small theater．A Hollywood producer 12 to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay．
His 13 grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood．However, it was never easy．By 2003, he was 14 out of work and out of cash 15 he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him．The two worked on the script but every studio 16 it down．Moresco believed so 17 in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house．At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance．
The movie, Crash, 18 into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success．It won three Academy Awards－Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing．
At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an 19 success．“If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems,” he says, “think about the 20 to get it done．”