- Birth nameMark Philip Schultz
- Nickname
- Schultzy
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- Born into a family of scientists and entertainers Mark was Northern California All-Around Gymnastics Champion for his age group (15-16). He started wrestling in the 11th grade at Ashland High in Ashland Oregon. His first year he had a 4-6 record at 130 lbs. He grew over the summer, transferred to Palo Alto High in Palo Alto, California, and wrestled at 159 lbs. During Mark's senior year he did not win any of the three local 16-team tournaments Palo Alto High School entered. Then in the post season state qualifiers, with only 5 tournament matches under his belt, he won the Southern Penninsula Athletic League (9 schools), the Region (20 schools), the Central Coast Section (90 schools), and the California State Title (800 schools). California is the largest state wrestling championships in the country. 7 years after starting the sport he was a 3-time NCAA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Schultz
- Mark and Dave Schultz are the only American brothers ever to win Olympic and World Gold. The Schultz brothers invented a move called the Schultz Front-Headlock. It was banned in the middle of the Olympics due to excessive brutality. The Schultz brothers had to have an extra official assigned to them during the Olympics to watch for techniques that were excessively brutal.
- Mark and Dave Schultz's grandfather was one of the foremost authorities on Salmon. They're grandmother graduated first in her class from Stanford Medical School.
- Mark and Dave Schultz's father Phil Schultz was an actor, playwright, song writer, and drama professor at Menlo College. Their mother Jeannie St. Germain was the costume designer for the Oregon Shakespearean Festival.
- If someone or something pushes you, it's easier to push back and lean against it, than it is to lose your balance.
- It's not what you know, it's who you are.
- [on being misrepresented in Foxcatcher (2014)] When I saw the film at Cannes last year, that was the first time I had seen the final version. The audience gave it an eight-minute ovation. I was relieved because, while I was watching it, it was really uncomfortable. I was like, 'That's not me, that never happened.' But everybody jumped out of their seats and cheered, and I was like, 'Holy crap, these people really like this movie.' Then the publicity started. The first article I read compared it to [drama about a gay couple] Behind the Candelabra (2013). I got so angry when I heard that. I thought, 'OK, maybe it's just this one guy.' Then other articles were coming out. And then I read another article about this homosexuality, and I was like, 'Son-of-a-bitch! Other people are thinking this!' No way am I gonna let this go on. Sony hired a publicist to try and control me, make sure I didn't go off the ranch, make sure I didn't explode. But nobody can control me, it's impossible. And I started reading other articles like that, and I started getting more and more angry. I called my publicist and said, 'Hey man, what are you doing, how can you let this happen? I want that guy's head on a platter!' And I'm just pissed off. Finally, I read one article from the Washington Times, where the guy made it sound like Bennett Miller intended to create this idea that a homosexual relationship could have existed between me and that lowlife pig. I was like, 'That's it, you are fucking dead.' I called up my publicist to say, 'You're fired!' And I called up Bennett and threatened to kill him. I apologised later, and then he invited me to the Oscars, but I just couldn't take it any more. [May 2015]
- [how he'd asked director Bennett Miller to remove the ambiguous 'nocturnal wrestling practice' scene after seeing an early cut of Foxcatcher (2014) in 2013] I thought it looked gay. And he said, 'No it's not gay, it's just showing how Du Pont is gradually encroaching upon your privacy and personal space.' And I was like, 'Really? OK.' [May 2015]
- [on Foxcatcher (2014)'s fictitious characterization of himself] I don't see how anybody could see an Olympic champion as being emotionally fragile. It's the complete opposite of what you have to be. [May 2015]
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