Jennifer Connelly 'didn't watch movies' before her acting career
Jennifer Connelly has revealed that she wasn't interested in movies before finding success in Hollywood.
Jennifer Connelly "didn't even watch movies" before she became an actress.
The 53-year-old star made her acting debut in the 1984 crime film 'Once Upon a Time in America' - but Jennifer has revealed that she never really "pursued" a career in the movie business.
During an appearance on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers', Jennifer shared: "I started working when I was so young - I started working when I was ten years old. And it wasn't something that I had pursued. I never even did a school play. Like, I didn't even watch movies."
Jennifer began her career as a child model, and her mom ultimately convinced her to become an actress instead.
The Hollywood star said: "It was my mom's idea, and I started working. And then at a certain point, when I got a little bit older, I was like, 'Do I really wanna do this? This isn't what I chose for my life.'"
Jennifer previously recalled feeling like a "product" during her younger years.
She told Australia's Marie Claire magazine: "Performing from such a young age, it kind of has an impact on the way one grows up and develops.
"There’s a lot of personal exposure … you’re putting yourself in a film, you are the product. And if that’s something that isn’t initiated by oneself as a kid, I’m sure you can imagine it can be a little uncomfortable."
Jennifer also recalled wondering whether she'd become an actress "for someone else".
The movie star explained: "There were different times, in my late teens and as a young adult, where I was like, ‘Is this really what I want to do? What is my relationship to this job?’ Because I had started so young, I felt like there was a large part of me that was doing it for someone else."
