Kristen Wiig Worried She Was Too Old for Hollywood
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Kristen Wiig used to worry that she was too old for Hollywood.
The 40-year-old star - who shot to fame with her hit comedy Bridesmaids in 2011 - was concerned she was too old to make it in the industry after the excitement of moving to Hollywood wore off and she realized other most other aspiring actresses were far younger than her.
"When I first moved there, there was 'the dream,' as there is for a lot of people. Then I got really scared. I moved there and I was like, 'Oh, I don't have any experience,' and I was surrounded by people a lot younger than I am, a lot better looking than I am, who've been acting for a while, who've been taking classes, who already have agents and I just felt like, 'Oh, there's a lot of work I have to do.'"
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty actress first decided to pursue a career in acting during a class at an art college in Arizona, and although she struggled to find work after moving to Los Angeles she admits she came into her own after she joined an improv group, The Groundlings: "I was like, 'Oh my God, I love it,' which was weird because I was terrified of being on stage. But the idea of being someone else and not myself didn't scare me as much."
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Meg Ryan’s Journalistic Ambition
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Meg Ryan always wanted to be a journalist.
The 52-year-old actress had a passion for writing as a teenager and only turned to acting as a way of paying her way through college. "My main aim, at 18, was to become a journalist. I only started acting - in commercials - to pay my way through college in New York," she said.
The Sleepless in Seattle star was "intimidated" by everyone around her when she started working and struggled to "understand" her co-stars. "I was 19 when I was in my first film, Rich And Famous. I played Candice Bergen's daughter and only had about ten lines, which I would repeat constantly every night. When I traveled to Los Angeles, it was the first time I had ever been on a plane. I was intimidated by everyone in those days. If you ever see the film, you will see me shaking in every scene. I did not understand actors. It was overwhelming," she told The Sun.
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Reese Witherspoon’s Parents Banned Her from Hollywood
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Reese Witherspoon's parents banned her from moving to Hollywood because it is "where crazy people live."
The Walk the Line star first started acting in Tennessee when she was 12 and quickly found herself getting cast in more and more parts, but her parents - who are both medical professionals - were wary of her pursuing it as a career while she was still a teenager. Speaking at a Young Women's Conference held at Brentwood School in Los Angeles this weekend, she said, "I started doing commercials when I was 12. One day there was an advert in the paper that said, 'Do you want to be in a movie?' I was like, 'Heck yeah I want to be in a movie!' I grew up in Nashville, they're not making a lot of movies there. My dad's a doctor and my mom is a professor of pediatric nursing. So I thought I was going to be a doctor. I was sure I was going to be. And then the universe just showed me this different possibility. Thank God my parents did this, but they told me I had to stay in school. I was allowed to work in the summers but I couldn't work in the school year. They said, 'You're not moving to California, that's where crazy people live.'"
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Getting Bullied Prompted Leonardo DiCaprio’s Career
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Leonardo DiCaprio claims getting beaten up when he was 15 changed his whole life.
The actor was brought up in a tough area of East Hollywood, Los Angeles, but won a scholarship to University Elementary School in a better part of town, which meant he was in for a shock when he later returned to standard schooling.
"When I went back to the public school system it was like - boom - this is reality. I got beat up the day I arrived because I had the attitude of everyone living harmoniously with one another. That was the motivational thing that happened to me in my life. I was 15, and I said to my mom, 'I want to be an actor. Please take me to auditions.' Because I had to get out of that public school system."
The Wolf of Wall Street star Leonardo, 39, also said his upbringing in an area where there was "a major prostitution ring on my street corner [and] crime and violence everywhere" meant he has never had the desire to take drugs.
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Lady Gaga’s Ex Threatens to Sue Over Her Book
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Music, Break-ups, Legal Issues, Features, Rumors,
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A new book on Lady Gaga's early days is ruffling her ex's feathers.
Gaga's longtime friend Brendan Jay Sullivan penned Rivington Was Ours, a book detailing her time on New York's Lower East Side before she made it big. Lady Gaga's ex Luc Carl believes that he has been painted as a villain in the memoir, threatening to sue Sullivan and his publisher, HarperCollins.
Sullivan, a DJ, claims in the book that Carl - a heavy-metal drummer and radio personality - was "inattentive and possessive" boyfriend who controlled many aspects of Gaga's life and career. At one point, Gaga told Sullivan that Carl had told her, "I hope you fail," which likely just fueled the Mother Monster in her efforts.
Last year when questioned about his relationship with Gaga, Carl said, "I was f - - king miserable, and it wasn’t her fault." Perhaps he's suing so that he can publish his own side of the story?
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Chris Pratt Used to Be a Stripper
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Chris Pratt used to work as a part-time stripper.
The Parks and Recreation actor claims he "loved to get naked" and so decided to make money out of his passion for nudity by taking off his clothes and performing sexual dance routines for women when he was just 18 years old.
Although Chris never worked as a stripper full-time, it was one of the many jobs he had before making it as a Hollywood actor: "I was always very much a naked person. I loved to get naked. I was very free, so I thought, I may as well get paid."
The 34-year-old actor even performed for his friend's grandmother for a small fee but he admits his poor dancing skills failed to land him a job as a professional stripper. "I was never like Magic Mike. I did go one time and audition on a stage for a club, but I don't think I got the job. I don't think I'm a very good dancer," he explained.
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Before They Were Stars: Paul Rudd’s Bat Mitzvah Gig
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Paul Rudd: Bat Mitzvah DJ from Jewish Forward on Vimeo.
This has been quite the day for priceless video gems.
In addition to the bank commercial Tina Fey made back in 1995, this clip featuring a different actor has been making its way across the Internet.
In the early ‘90s, years before he was winning Alicia Silverstone over in Clueless, Paul Rudd was entertaining people as a party DJ. The clip above was shot at a Bat Mitzvah he was hired for in 1992. You can read Gabrielle Birkner’s recollection of that day after the jump.
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