Vince Vaughn
Actor Vince Vaughn says his mother was one of his biggest inspirations, and though her job had nothing to do with acting – she is a stockbroker and a real estate agent – according to him, she taught him about commitment and inspired him to pursue his dream. Although he denies it, Vaughn was an acclaimed athlete in high school; he played baseball and football and was a member of the wrestling team, but according to him, he was mediocre in sports.
Perhaps he feels this way since he found acting at the age of seventeen and ever since that moment, decided this was what he wanted to do in life. Vaughn was determined to succeed, and upon graduating from high school, we scored a role in a Chevrolet commercial, and later relocated to Hollywood. To his great luck, Vaughn became friends with actor Jon Favreau, who was working on a script at the time, and his film – in which Vaughn believed he participated in as a favor to a friend – ended up being his breakthrough role in the entertainment industry.