Tom Cruise
In his childhood, Tom Cruise’s family moved often, and so he attended fifteen different schools. In such an environment, it’s no surprise that Cruise was confused about his future, to say the least, or otherwise he didn’t think much of it. At one point, Cruise attended a Franciscan seminary on a church scholarship, in the hopes of becoming an ordained Catholic priest. However, he quickly gave up this dream, dropped from the seminary, and replaced it with a different one: becoming an actor.
Cruise had already been involved in acting back in elementary school, but he didn’t think much of it at the time. In his senior year of high school Cruise was back on the stage, starring in the school’s production of Guys and Dolls. Upon graduating high school, and with the blessing of his mother, young Tom Cruise moved to New York, where he hoped to start his acting career. He went through the common ritual of working temporarily as a busboy until his big break came along, and little did he know at the time that one day he’d be one of the biggest names in the industry.