Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.
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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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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.
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Until he turned 12, Robert Pattinson's elder sisters dressed him up as a girl and introduced him as "Claudia" to strangers.
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