let's verse presents celebs who gave up
Fame to work regular jobs number one
Frankie Muniz freakin unis was a very
successful child actor he starred in
malcolm in the middle' for five years
during that time he starred in agent
Cody Banks big fat liar and a few other
films although he has a successful
career and it was only looking better he
decided to quit his true passion was
racecar driving after leaving Hollywood
beside a two-year contract with Jenson
Motorsports he says that he has no
desire to get back into acting number 2
Jack Gleeson Jack Gleeson played one of
the most heated characters on Game of
Thrones when his character was killed
off he could have gotten roles in just
about anything he auditioned for instead
he decided he wanted an education he'd
roll the Trinity College in Dublin where
he's now studying theology and
philosophy his parents are hoping that
after he graduates he will go back to
acting number 3 Freddie Prinze jr.
Freddie Prinze jr. was the king of the
teen romantic comedy in the 90s he
starred in films like she's all that I
know what you did last summer and down
to you after marrying Sarah Michelle
Gellar he gave up his acting career he
moved on to be a director and producer
for WWE in 2016
he released his first cookbook called
back to the kitchen number four
Danny Lloyd Danny Lloyd was only 5 years
old when he landed his breakout role in
The Shining opposite Jack Nicholson
during filming Danny had no idea what he
was filming he was told it was a movie
about a family living in a hotel he had
no idea that he was starring in one of
the scariest horror films of all time
this was Danny's only acting role - he
grew up and became a biology professor
in Kentucky number 5 Nikki Blonsky Nikki
was 29 years old when she played Tracy
Turnblad in the musical Hairspray
she got rave reviews - after the film
Nikki had some trouble finding roles she
worked in a hair salon and at a shoe
store according to Nikki she's planning
to get back
into acting also she states that she is
still close with her hairspray co-star
John Travolta let's just hope that she
has better luck the next time around
number six
Peter Ostrom Peter Ostrom played Charlie
Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory when he was just 12 years old
according to Ostrom he was offered a
three-picture deal with the studio but
he declined while filming the movie he
became interested in medicine with the
money he earned from doing the movie he
bought a horse that's how he became
interested in veterinary medicine today
he's a practicing vet in New York and he
has no regrets about leaving Hollywood
number 7 Tony Danza Tony Danza had a
long career on taxi and who's the boss
during the 2009-2010 academic year he
was a 10th grade English teacher at
Philadelphia Northeast High School
during that time he was filming a
reality show on A&E called
teach Tony Danza today he's no longer
teaching but he still returns to that
school every year to attend the school's
talent show he still is not acting
number eight
amanda Bynes Amanda Bynes is one of the
most famous celebs who gave up Fame to
work a regular job she got her start
when she was a teenager in the
Nickelodeon show The Amanda Show soon
after she starred in several teen movies
after she filmed Easy A she announced
her retirement not long after her
Twitter announcement she had a few
public meltdowns and she stayed out of
the limelight today she's studying at
the Fashion Institute of Design and
Merchandising she plans to start her own
clothing line and she says that she
might start acting again someday
number 9 charlie course mom Charlie
course Moe starred with Robin Williams
in the 1990s film hook he also had a
part in the film can't hardly wait after
a short acting career he decided that it
was not his passion instead he attended
MIT to study physics and he got his
degree after graduation he decided
physics wasn't his passion either and he
went to law school and today he works as
a law professor number 10 Taryn nella
Smith
Taron Noah Smith played the youngest
brother on the TV show home improvement
when the show ended he found out that
his parents bought a mansion with his
paychecks and he quit acting he sued his
parents and today he and his wife own a
vegan dairy farm and catering service
number 11 Jeff :
Jeff Cohen is best known for his role in
The Goonies
when the film wrapped he quit acting and
went to law school today he's a lawyer
and the founding partner of Cohen &
Gardner LLP in Los Angeles number 12
Hayden Christensen Pete and Christensen
played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars
Episode two attack of the clones when he
was just 19 years old soon after he
decided to take a break from acting
while his performance received mixed
reviews he said that this was not the
reason he decided to take a break he
said that he didn't earn his fame he
moved back to Canada and bought a farm
that he works on today he says
eventually he will try to claw his way
back to Hollywood but not now subscribe
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