To make a brilliant career, you need to get a good education. However, life is unpredictable.
Some actors became Hollywood stars, despite the fact that they did not graduate from high school. Luck and talent can change lives. But not everyone who refused education succeeded in achieving such a success.
10. Nicolas Cage
The actor dropped out of school 6 months before graduation. In an interview, he admitted that he went there only for the sake of a theater studio. At 17, he did not get a role in the production of West Side Stories. This upset him. Before that they put "Our Town". Then he, too, got a minor role with two lines of text, while his friend John Tortltaub played the main character.
But this is not a very good start to an acting career did not force him to abandon his vocation, but because of this he dropped out.
9. Johnny Depp
The future actor was born into a dysfunctional family, his parents constantly quarreled, and his father mocked the children. Their family was constantly moving until it settled in Florida.
The death of his grandfather, whom the boy loved very much, negatively affected Johnny. Already at 12 he smoked and drank, at 13 he began to have sex, and at 15 he used drugs.
But the mother saved her son by giving him a guitar. Johnny himself learned to play it and began to perform in various groups.
At 16, Depp decided to drop out of school. He planned to move to Los Angeles to become a famous musician. After 2 weeks, the teenager wanted to return, but the principal did not accept him back.
Johnny earned, but he did not have enough money. The case helped. His first wife, makeup artist Laurie Anne Allison, introduced Depp to Nicolas Cage. He arranged a meeting with his agent and helped him get his first movie role.
Johnny hoped that filming would help him stay afloat, but he wanted to devote himself to music. It turned out that it was cinema - his vocation.
8. Orlando Bloom
Orlando had unique parents: smart, well-read. His mother, Sonya Copland, was engaged not only in business, but also wrote books. His father, Harry Bloom, was a professor, writer and journalist (later the boy found out that his biological father was a family friend).
But the boy himself was learning very hard. In school years, he was far from so confident in himself, often suffered from ridicule of classmates.
Orlando was not to blame for the fact that he studied poorly. He suffered from dysgraphia, i.e. from violations of the writing process. Such children, no matter how hard they try, cannot write correctly, because they constantly repeat the same mistakes.
At age 16, Bloom leaves school to go to London and play on the stage of the National Youth Theater. So began his acting career, which was very successful.
7. Anthony Hopkins
It was also difficult for the future actor to study at school. He had dyslexia, i.e. it was difficult for him to master the skills of writing and reading, but otherwise he retained the ability to learn. But then, when Anthony was growing up, there was no such diagnosis.
The boy was considered mentally retarded. Hopkins understood that he could not get full knowledge and decided that his vocation was an art. He played the piano well.
However, a meeting at the age of 15 with Richard Burton determined his fate. Hollywood star supported Anthony, and he decided to leave school to study at the Royal Wales College of Music and Drama.
6. Keanu Reeves
Father Keanu abandoned him when the boy was 3 years old. Mother often moved from place to place, got married and divorced. Reeves spent most of her childhood in Toronto, where his nannies and mother's parents looked after him.
It was difficult for him to study, because the future actor suffered from dyslexia. Within 5 years he changed 4 schools. He was expelled from the art school due to excessive rebellion.
The boy understood that it would be difficult for him to get an education, so he linked his future with hockey. He excelled in this sport, but due to injury he could not fulfill his dream.
But she did not stop him from starting an acting career, especially since at the age of 9 he performed in a musical, and at 15 he played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. Reeves never received a high school diploma because dropped out of school.
5. Pierce Brosnan
He had a difficult childhood. Pierce's father, Thomas, abandoned his son when he was only 1 year old, and his mother left him with his grandmother. He grew up in the Irish city of Navan.
First he lived with his grandmother, then in the family of his aunt, and later he was sent to a boarding house at the church. At age 11, he moved to London with his mother. In the new school, he had a hard time, his classmates teased him with an Irishman.
But Pierce admits that, overcoming difficulties, he felt the excitement of life. He did not have a good education, because at 16 Bronsan dropped out of school. But the fact that he was an outsider helped him in the future, because gave strength to creativity.
From the age of 16, he began working in a photo studio, and later studied acting.
4. Jude Law
Despite the fact that this talented British actor was born into a family of teachers (his father was a primary school teacher and his mother taught English), the school was a real test for him.
Until the age of 14, he attended a regular educational institution. But then they decided to transfer him to a private school in Dalwich. The reason was the bullying of classmates. But even in her, Jude did not finish his studies, because I wanted to devote all my time to filming.
He played his first role at age 6, in a children's play. And at the age of 17 he got the role of the teenager Nathan in the series “Family”, because of which he decided to leave school.
3. Jim Carrey
The childhood of the future comedian was not easy. When the boy was 14 years old, financial difficulties began in the family. His father lost his job, they all moved to Scarborough with the whole family. There, Percy Kerry worked as a security guard in the factory, and his children worked part-time as cleaners, washing not only the floors, but also the toilets.
Mother suffered from neurosis and could not help her family. Jim was the youngest of 4 children, but he also had to forget about studying.
The boy became withdrawn, grew up without friends and he suffered from loneliness until he began to speak in front of a mirror. These classes helped him first become a recognizable comedian, and then - a favorite actor.
2. Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro had a happier fate: his parents were famous artists, he attended the best private schools. But the boy liked spending time with friends on the street more, some of which he still communicates with.
The world of art captivated him as early as 10 years old, when he first appeared on the stage, playing the role of Leo in the fairy tale "The Amazing Wizard of Oz."
To make an acting career, Robert decided to leave school at the age of 16, and at the age of 20 he already began to act professionally.
1. Tom Cruise
Tom's childhood was also difficult. They lived poorly and were forced to move from place to place because of problems with the work of the head of the family. The boy's father was rude, unjust, could beat his children.
Tom grew notorious because of his short stature and crooked teeth. By the age of 14, he had changed 15 schools. It was difficult for him to learn due to dyslexia, but he later managed to cope with the disease.
A few years later, Tom found his calling - theater and sports. Later, he wanted to become a priest, because of which he dropped out of school and entered the theological seminary. But a year later he changed his mind and came back. At 16, participating in school productions, he decided to become an actor and was able to realize his dream.