Gardner ghọtara na akụkọ ya nwere ikike Hollywood mgbe nzaghachi mba na-agbagha maka ajụjụ ọ gbara na 20/20 na Jenụwarị 2002. O bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ ndụ ya na Mee 23, 2006, tupu ọ bụrụ onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri bụ The Pursuit of Happyness, nke Gabriele Muccino duziri ma Columbia Pictures wepụtara na Disemba 15, 2006.
Otú e si dee aha ihe nkiri ahụ n'ụzọ a na-adịghị ahụkebe