Often, good grades at school have nothing to do with success in life. But the strength of character and fortitude together with luck help to reach many peaks.
In our ranking, we will consider how good celebrities were in their studies and whether they were hooligans.
10. Marat Basharov
Marat Basharov had poor performance up to grade 8. According to the film actor, he even started several diaries. What did he propose to other classmates to do only by already making another cool magazine. The first was with the teachers, the second was given to the head of the class. Of course, all the teachers found out about this; Marat was almost expelled from school.
He went to high school with the determination to improve - after all, the dream of his parents was that their son graduate from the Institute. To improve knowledge and grades, I had to go to tutors. Marat got up at 5 a.m. and went to look for jobs in the dining room, doing floor cleaning. He gave this money for attending additional classes.
9. Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg had problems with study, he did not understand the school curriculum. In addition, the boy was teased by peers because of his Jewish nationality. Spielberg eventually managed not to pay attention to this, he was helped by a video hobby. Stephen managed to shoot short films. The main characters were performed by family members of the boy, and special effects were crackers with cherry juice.
After graduating from high school, Spielberg gave the diploma to the personnel department of the school of motion picture art, but failed. Then he managed to go to college, he continued to work on films after school. After some time, the young man made the movie Emblyn, he was spotted at Universal Studios and signed a contract agreement with the young man.
8. Alla Pugacheva
Alla Pugacheva at school was easy at the lessons of drawing, work, mathematics. The future diva was good at playing the piano. However, there were terrible grades in other subjects. The girl did not like physical education.
Alla was an activist, she published a wall newspaper, participated in the life of the school.
7. Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise grew up with complexes about his short stature. In addition, the boy had dyslexia. Tom did not manage to study well, he even had to change 15 schools. After some time, the young man managed to get rid of the disease.
At 16, the young man began to try his hand at the theater and he began to realize that he wanted to be an actor. At the first castings in the cinema, he successfully passed on. Cruz received a couple of minor roles, and in 1983 he was the lead actor in the movie drama “All the Right Moves”.
6. Fedor Bondarchuk
Fedor Bondarchuk had poor school grades. The teachers spoke of him as a bully, a smoker, a brawler, he quarreled with teachers, which upset his mother. She dreamed that her son would become a diplomatic ambassador. Bad grades did not prevent Fedor from graduating from an art lyceum, he knew how to draw very well.
At the end of high school, the young man tried to enter MGIMO, but failed at the entrance exams. Then Bondarchuk with documents went to VGIK, where he entered the directing department.
5. Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz admitted that she was a lot of bully during her school years. Skipping classes, partying until night with friends, frequent fights, rock music - all this about her. The girl had dreams of being a zoologist, because she really adored animals and often carried them to the house.
During the party, the attractive Cameron was seen by photographer Jeff Dunas. He invited her to work as a model in an agency. Cameron signed a contract agreement and dropped out of school. At the age of 18, Diaz successfully passed a casting for one of the main roles in the comedy “Mask”. Then she woke up famous.
4. Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore grew up in a family of actors and has been at social events since childhood, and the first acting roles were already in 3 years old. Since then, job invitations succeeded each other, because Drew was rarely in the classroom and disgustingly studied.
At the age of 7, Barrymore became famous throughout America, where she played the main character in the famous movie “Alien”.
3. Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch studied at the prestigious Harrow School in London. He had poor academic performance and terrible behavior. With friends, the young man ran away from lessons, wrangled and joked with teachers. Benedict loved performing on stage in a school theater.
The actor made his debut in the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream." He appeared as the Queen of the Fairies of Titania. After graduation, he managed to enter the Theater Institute of Manchester.
2. Quentin Tarantino
Quentin was not interested in going to class. Of the subjects he liked to read, the young man missed other classes. His mother was often called to school. Realizing that it was pointless for Quentin to persuade her to start school, she allowed him to leave school.
Quentin began to look for a ticket at the cinema, and in the evening he was happy to attend acting classes. It was in those days that he began to write the script. Low grades along with poor behavior did not prevent the talented young man from fulfilling his dreams. His perseverance with a strong belief in success helped him become one of the coolest directors of our time.
1. Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey was born into a poor family. The young man worked part time as a janitor after school. Jim admitted that he was very tired at the side job, and he was not interested in studying and homework. The actor studied in grade 10 three times. However, Jim was popular with peers. He took part in concert events, where he made funny parodies of teachers and classmates.
After leaving school, Jim began to take part in performances by comedy groups at the Yak-Yak Club in Toronto. After he left for Los Angeles and began appearing on television in a humorous program. His film debut took place in 1983 in the movie Rubber Face.