You'll Never Believe How These Legendary Actors Got Discovered

He Came Around to the Idea

By 1959, Freeman decided that acting was what he wanted to do full time. He moved to Hollywood and started popping up in a few different movies and shows. He didn't gain a ton of recognition until he was 52, so let that be advice for the people who think they're too old to become an actor.

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The More You Know

  • Bill Murray was arrested when he was 20 for trying to bring 10 pounds of marijuana on a plane.
  • Kanye West used to work at the Gap.
  • Morgan Freeman has a private pilot’s license, which he earned at the age of 65!
  • Jonah Hill had to go to the hospital for bronchitis while filming Wolf of Wall Street. For seven months, he was snorting vitamin D (almost) daily, pretending it was cocaine.
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