Johnny Depp travels with his Capt. Jack Sparrow costume to make impromptu visits to sick kids in hospitals.
39
Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
33
Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest and lost.
21
Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
20
When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
16
When Will Ferrell met RHCP drummer Chad Smith he looked him up and down and said: “You´re very handsome,” and then walked away.
13
Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
4
Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
7