got a really late start in acting
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lukejbarnett2002 — 10 years ago(April 11, 2015 06:36 PM)
you just don't get it and I don't know why. it's so clear and evident, and obvious what I'm talking about. the list is so long of actors who started no later than 22 it's obvious. Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, etc. it's so absurd and stupid for you to say there are just as many actors who started at age 20 as those who started at age 28. they never get started at 28. they always start right after college or before they finish college, so at around 21 years old. I don't know how you can't understand this and remember seeing all those young actors in Hollywood movies when they first started.
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lukejbarnett2002 — 10 years ago(April 12, 2015 02:37 AM)
No, you look, rude one. It's clear, evident, and obvious that you're being absurd, idiotic, and dense. you're an immature, impolite jerk who is so not used to talking to. wow, cannot believe how idiotic and immature, and stupid, and ignorant you are. I gave you so many examples of actors who started from 20-22 years old in acting in movies and tv shows. and it's such an easy thing to see and understand. it's so obvious it's unbelievable that you can't see it and realize it but actually I take that back because you keep not believing me even though I've given you amp238le evidence about my claim. it IS believable that you can't get this. I'm not reasoning this in an incorrect or immature way but you are understanding this in an immature and incorrect way. All you have to do is think maturely about what I'm saying and use common sense and you'll understand and come to the same conclusion I have about this. FUC# OFF!
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search_for_truth — 10 years ago(April 12, 2015 07:50 AM)
you just don't get it and I don't know why. it's so clear and evident, and obvious what I'm talking about. the list is so long of actors who started no later than 22 it's obvious. Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, etc. it's so absurd and stupid for you to say there are just as many actors who started at age 20 as those who started at age 28. they never get started at 28. they always start right after college or before they finish college, so at around 21 years old. I don't know how you can't understand this and remember seeing all those young actors in Hollywood movies when they first started.
But none of the actors you mentioned even graduated from college. In fact, Johnny Depp didn't even graduate from high school and Tom Cruise almost didn't graduate high school from my understanding. Eddie Murphy never went to college, and the others you mentioned went but didn't finish. So, of course, it makes sense they would get a younger start than someone like Bradley 2000Cooper or Hugh Jackman who earned more than one degree. Those two are both examples. Bradley has a BA in English and an MA in Drama, and Hugh Jackman has a BA in Journalism and then later went to the Western Australian Academy of the Performing Arts for drama school. Denzel Washington is another actor who did this. He got a BA in Journalism and then went to graduate school for a bit to study acting. He was in his late 20s when he had his first break-out TV role.
Even actors like Jon Hamm (who has a BA in English and then was an 8th grade drama teacher) and Gerard Butler (used to be a lawyer) started later. Now that I think of it, I can think of a long list of actors who started later (probably over 10 just off the top of my head). So I agree with the other guy who said it is not that uncommon. Several guys chose to get an education (and finish their education) rather than jumping straight into acting, which is highly commendable and something that I think actually sets them apart from their peers. -
lukejbarnett2002 — 10 years ago(April 13, 2015 10:38 PM)
what about all the young actors in Hollywood who get started really young on kid shows and movies like Zac Effron? I mean there are dozens of them. and what about all the actors who don't do that and who start from 20-22? I know I'm right about this because I remember so many of them back in the '80s. and it's just the way it's been since then. I've always seen young faces in Hollywood movies. And I'm not talking about late 20s actors I'm talking about early 20s actors.
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Fusion72 — 10 years ago(April 19, 2015 08:06 AM)
There are many ways to categorise actors. The young faces you see in Cinema usually never transition to adult acting and leave the profession. Some, are rare talents or child wonders, who no matter, will only ever be an actor or performer e.g Justin Timberlake, Macaulay Culkin, etc.
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activista — 9 years ago(January 07, 2017 06:32 AM)
@lukejbarnett
What on earth are you talking about? There have been actors who didn't start acting until they were in their 30s and 40s. Nothing odd or uncommon about not acting until you're 24 (which is nowhere near what you would call "late" to start acting) especially when you have so many child actors who start acting around age 4 or so. People start acting at all different kinds of ages. -
lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(January 07, 2017 07:58 PM)
not true, most actors start acting at 20 years old, ala johnny depp, tom cruise, etc. and most stresses start acting at 20 years old. it's like modeling where models usually start modeling at 20 years old. they go to film school or acting classes for 2 years and then they start acting in movies or tv shows.
all the actors who started acting in their 30s and 40s are odd and uncommon because they started later than most people do.
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LorcaGonzalez — 11 years ago(March 31, 2015 11:09 PM)
I guess it is because he has done his degree before going to drama school.
Personally I think this is a smart thing to do because you never know if you can make it as an actor.http://Lorcagonzalez.blogspot.com
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search_for_truth — 10 years ago(April 11, 2015 01:59 PM)
Hugh Jackman was 30 or 31 when he was in his first Hollywood movie, X-Men, and 26 I believe when he was in his first TV series in Australia. Another poster mentioned several other actors who started around those ages. Is it really as 2000uncommon as you are making it seem?
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lukejbarnett2002 — 10 years ago(April 11, 2015 04:41 PM)
yes. it is. I noticed how late that Hugh Jackman got his start in Hollywood movies also because that's how uncommon it is. it takes more than just 5 or 6 examples of actors starting at 30 or older to make a pattern about this. otherwise it's an anomaly as I'm saying it is.
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search_for_truth — 10 years ago(April 11, 2015 05:12 PM)
But isn't it true that the actors who start later in life generally have more long-lasting and successful careers as time goes on than actors who started very early? There aren't very many actors on the A-List so the fact that several of those did get their start late does make a difference, doesn't it? I think many actors who start as young as you are saying kind of burn out and don't amount to much later on. Many child actors and very young adult actors end up having waning careers by their 30s. At least that is how I perceived it. Leonardo DiCaprio would be an exception (he started off as a child actor and managed to carve out a highly prestigious career in his adulthood, which is why I respect him).
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lukejbarnett2002 — 10 years ago(April 11, 2015 06:28 PM)
child actors yes I agree with you about that. but I'm talking about the ages from 20-22. but yeah child actors like Kirk Cameron, Danny Bonaduce, Maureen McCormick, they almost always have 10 to 15 years tops of a career.