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When I was 14 -years-old, I made this PowerPoint presentation, and I invited my parents into my room and gave them popcorn. It was called 'Project Hollywood 2004' and it worked. I moved to L.A. in January of 2004.

— Emma Stone

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There was no theater program or anything where I'm from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program.

— Jeffrey Donovan

I moved to California when I was twelve and I got a video camera and made little movies because I didn't have any friends yet. I would force my sister to make these movies with me - which became my YouTube channel.

— Dylan O'Brien

I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.

— Jesse Eisenberg

Well, once I did 'Grease,' everyone was offering me studio pictures in a similar vein - you know, popcorn movie.

— Randal Kleiser

My parents are actors and never brought work home. I didn't even know what they did until I was about 10 years old. We never talked about it.

— Wyatt Russell

I did little theater things growing up.

— Jody Hill

When I was ten, I had a weird cinema party where I invited everyone from my street to come. I pretended I was an usher and tried to sell them all popcorn.

— Sophie McShera

My family took a vacation to Universal Studios when I was really young. Me and my brother Richard - who's also an actor - were both really intrigued by seeing the behind-the-scenes stuff of how films are made. We kind of begged our parents to get into acting.

— Jonathan Jackson

✗Opposing Perspectives

My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald's commercial.

— Corey Feldman

I realised that you could easily turn any room into a cinema with a projector, so I went on and on at my parents for one. They eventually got me a projector for Christmas when I was ten, and I realised I'd made a ridiculous mistake - I'd forgotten to say 'movie' projector; I got a still one.

— Kevin Brownlow