I hate being a former child actor.It’s always disheartening when people, even well-meaning, bring up comments like this. Not because of the gay thing but because it feels as though I’ve been put into a past-tense category, relegated to a version of myself that no longer exists. That simple phrase brings with it a sense of nostalgia, but not in a comforting way, it's more like an indication that I’ve faded from the spotlight and that the version of me they remember is no longer relevant. It sucks because that I’ve lost something I worked so hard to achieve, as though my worth as an actor has been reduced to a memory, something that once was but is no longer part of the present.I sometimes wonder if I chose the wrong time to pursue acting. Back in my day, there was still a sense of mystery around actors; people would watch you on screen and imagine you only in that one dimension. But now, social media allows fans to follow every move of their idols, creating a constant connection that never existed when I was growing up in the business. In some ways, it’s like I’ve been left behind in the evolution of celebrity culture. Despite social media being around in some form during my time, it didn’t quite shape the industry like it does now, and that disconnect makes me feel like I missed the boat.I can’t help but feel jealous about actors like Owen Cooper, who have found their place in this social media-driven era, with millions of Instagram followers. It’s not that I regret my journey, it’s just hard not to feel like I’ve missed out on something that might’ve given me the kind of lasting recognition I now see younger actors enjoying.
Um nigger were all going to die get over it
>>215178635Just enjoy the money, and be thankful you didnt end up dying of a heroin overdose in a rat infested tenement somewhere.
>>215178635>because it feels as though I’ve been put into a past-tense category, relegated to a version of myself that no longer existsBut that's what happens. Everybody changes. You are not the same person now that you will be in a year.
>>215178817Currently I don't have much money.
>>215178635What movie were you in? Was it kino?
>>215178635>I can’t help but feel jealous about actors like Owen Cooper, who have found their place in this social media-driven era, with millions of Instagram followers.>millions of Instagram followers.I'd rather not build an audience of retarded faggots.
If it makes you feel any better, I had to look up who the fuck Owen Cooper is.
>>215180000It's the boy from Adolescence, who won the Emmy recently. Also, nice quads.
>>215178635do you post here often? i swear ive seen other posts in the past on /tv/ off an anon claiming to be a famous former child actor. was that also you
>>215180000>I DON'T WANNA FUCKING CHECK QUADS>DON'T TELL ME TO CHECK QUADS
>>215180000>Me own son...getting....QUADS
>>215180518Not actually, first time saying such thing here.
>>215178635So then why did you not leverage your 'former child actor' glory into 'current actor' like many others have from that twilight guy or others? That is on you man. Leonardo Dicaprio was also a 'former child actor' you get what I mean? I don't have much sympathy for you.
>>215178635It sounds like you just want to be famous on social media and you don't actually care about acting to keep you in the spotlight currently, sounds like your just a faggot
>>215178635You wish you were social media famous? That's fucking pathetic.
>>215180581The last time I acted in anything was in 2015, in a short episode of a CBS series. After that, I tried auditioning and sending my resume, but I never managed to get anything else in my acting career, nobody ever hired me again. My most relevant role was in a trilogy, I was expecting to reprise my role in the third movie but they called someone else, saying that appearance no longer fit the character.
>>215178635He was gay, Owen Cooper?
>>215180744Are you the boy from Scary Movie?
>>215180834No, that's not me.
>>215180744Alright then why did you not get into indie film or art film or foreign films?
Star Wars?
Yoooo, Jake Lloyd, what's happening??
>>215180744No OP is Rachelle Lefevre
>>215178635No OP is Spencer Breslin
>>215180953>>215180983I've never worked on anything related to Star Wars, and to be honest I'm not trying to make anyone guess who I am, I'm just venting and maybe getting some advice on how to get back into acting.>>215181010She's still acting.>>215181079Nobody a crush on Spencer Breslin.
>>215181156Are you Charlie, of the Chocolate Factory?
>>215181156Sorry bro. Real advice? Only you can truly end your career. Even if you’ve decided right now that it’s over, you could change your mind in a few years, hell even a decade from now and restart your career. I’d say a great manager could also find a way for you to wedge yourself into the public eye again and get some positive attention that could lead to more jobs and better opportunities to show the world how you’re unique
>>215181221Freddie Highmore or Peter Ostrum? I'm none btw
Listen, Jonathan. It's okay. Nobody knows you even from your kiddy work except 40 year old, childless cat moms. Lion King is a classic, you were good in it. But just collect the royalties and live your life, bro.
>>215179784It was a sitcom on Fox in the '00s. Bryan Cranston is a rapist btw
>>215181458Dam, VIP with Pamela Anderson?
>>215178635now imagine how much more more it must suck to be a ordinary dude who works a back breaking job/bricklayer who never got recogniced ever or as you put it "put in past tense category" because no one ever even knew they existed... instead of being a dude that got a golden spoon in its mouth at least once in his life you braindead primadona
>>215181458OP here, this guy is not me, stop lying.
>>215181547It's okay if you're Pamela Anderson.
>>215178635Find some indie projects that speak to you. Do some stage acting. The only way escape your former self's shadow is to do something new. Don't let regret and bitterness blind you to opportunity. Change, rebrand, make some real meaningful art. You'll probably never be a household name again. But you can make it a name you're proud to have.
>>215178635get over yourself, in ancient times actors are the equivalent of prostitutes. get a real skill
>>215178635who the fuck is owen cooper
>>215178635The real question op. Do you still got it? Can you still turn boys gay?
>>215182119Read the thread, idiot >>215180489
>>215182157no. fuck you retard
>>215181458i mean there is your road to internet fame, if you can prove it about cranston you are instantly famous for a lifetime and if you do it right online you can view farm the shit out of it and get rich on the side with your 5minutes social media youtube fame.
>>215182261and on top of it you would actually do something good and get rid of a rapist... compared to now in which you are someone who knows that someone is a rapists but doesnt do anything about it.
>>215178635In your position I think I would be more distressed about the constant bussy ramming from producers.
>>215178635OP is the boy from Night at the Museum, I used Chat GPT to search for relevant trilogy movies from the 2000', before 2015, were a child actor does not reprise his role in the third movies and here's what I found.
>>215178635I'm pretty sure you could still fuck that guy if you wanted to.
>>215182290I love victim blaming. If you don’t snitch on your rapist and she rapes again, that’s on you.
>>215182333Chat lies though. Did you double check that?
>>215182333He also said he was in an episode of a CBS series in 2015.
>>215178635Name all the producers you had to gobble cock for and I'll believe you. Names and approximate years too.
>>215182374>>215182376I checked in Wikipedia.
a-bloo-bloo-bloo faggot. also who the fuck is owen cooper?
>>215182333>>215182376Here's OP I guess.
>>215178669Based philosopher
>>215182417OP is Ben Stiller?
This is exactly why being an actor is dangerous work. You quite literally live in a person's head until God gives them the grace to move on or they die. Keeping actors in a box as the characters they portray is actively dangerous yet a ton of us do it because we feel "entitled" to the character and thus project familiarity onto the actor. How could you reciprocate my affection if I see you in the street? You've been part of a production that's played in my home for...years.... you're practically family. And if I masturbate to you then I feel like I'm entitled to and even own a part of you. I give you my money. My time. And now even my blood in the form of semen. This reshapes a person's psyche. That's how you get men and women who never come to realization that having a "crush" is a joke and that continuing to pine for an actress you had a thing for as a child when she's now married and has children of her own but still has to be the subject of your sexually immoral fantasies because you spiritually can't let go of her creates dangerous levels of depression and stimulates a longing that can never be truly realized. You're on demand because I can pull you up to me through a screen wherever I am in the world. You're always in my pocket. My thoughts. My heart. The center of my lust and object of my desire. To be attractive and presented in a positive light to millions of people around the world is a death sentence. Some men and women can't go to sleep at night without ruining themselves to the image of their "favorite".It's horrid stuff. I'm sorry you go through it. I'm glad you weren't raped into it or stayed in the game.
>>215182438he's probably an even giaganticer faggot, believe it or not
>>215182417Reminder that when costume makes a child actor wear a red shirt it means they've already been claimed by a rapist.t. also a former child actor (wearing a red shirt right now)
>>215182496Wtf is that legit
>>215182501nta but can confirm it was common practicet. yet another former child actor
>>215182496>>215182541That's not true you're inventing this, and you're also not a former child actor, stop telling lies on the internet.
>>215182417Wtf. I just realized I'm gay
>>215182560t. child actor rapist
>>215182635Only one thing scarier than a rapist
>>215182659a former child actor rapist?
>>215181458>Dewey posting here 8/10, went for the long play, but too obvious with your first 'hint'
>>215178635>>215182333>>215182376>>215182417
>>215182700Kek. Well OP have you considered doing doordash deliveries?
>>215182333Ben stiller is a r_p_st
>>215182417>>215182700He was in Desperate Housewives too.
I don't believe OP is an actor. He's acting like he doesn't want to be discovered while purposefully giving enough to let anons figure it out. That's something I would do for funzies.
>>215178635Cold call Short Round. Role models who have achieved what you want are who you ask for advice, not internet randos.
>>215182348you not reporting the rapists is you not reporting the rapistsits just a fact not blaming in one or the other direction, if you dont like this fact go complain to reality/god.
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>>215182723You'll be hearing from my... oops I mean his lawyer.
>>215182794You have a duty to future victims to let that shit end with you. Also watch what you’re wearing. Slut.
>>215182799If this is OP and the guess from an earlier anon is correct, he was in Kung Fu Panda 4 with Ian McShane. You were in The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Ian McShane. Even if that's not you, I just used an online tool to 6 degrees of Kevin bacon you that fast. You should have better resources than that. You know people who know people.
>>215182417He was pretty cute indeed, no wonder why he turned young boys gay
>>215182760And in Criminal Minds
this thread is an elaborate ruse, a twisted contrivance, child actors are fucked in the head but surely not fucked up enough to post on 4channel dot com
>>215183167Keanu Reeves, William Shatner and Dane DeeHan used to be regular posters here
>>215178635well Jacob, in the end life is about change and loss comes to everyone. it is up to you to be grateful for what you had, and whether to hold onto it or let go and move on. you will always be the sum of your past memories, and those memories are where we continue to derive our happiness from whether we realize it or not. you would not feel the things you do right now if your life turned out different
>>215183503I think being sodomized by Ben Stiller and Shawn Levy aren't very happy memories, buddy
>>215183569If the only think you can think of when children or childhood are mentioned is anal sex and sodomization, I believe there's a very serious problem with you.
>>215178635Are you still acting?
>>215183649You are a lazy retard who ignores the entire thread, fuck you
My fookin son is popular on social media
People act like finding an actor with a wiki article is sleuthing. OP probably LARPed about this guy. Most child actors meeting some of these criteria have a shitty IMDb page made by their agent one time and that's it
>>215178635>>215180744Frankie Munoz, the Corey Feldman of NASCAR? >>215181156>how to get back in the gameTheater, 'high brow' plays. Take commercials, ad reads, voice acting (video games). Emphasize the love of the game and wanting to revisit acting.
>>215180744I was gonna guess eddie furlong but apparently he's been actually working more than you.
>>215183921Why would anyone want to warp as the boy from Night in the Museum instead of someone better like Bjorn Andressen?
>>215178635do you know stephanie from lazytown?
>>215178635Josh, j hutch, homie, you’re the man We talked on here years ago during the jlaw leaks era. You’re good people man.
>>215182417Damn, was Nicolette Sheridan a hot cougar IRL OP?
Forgotten by the past in the future:He and her condemned to their childhood try for anonymity and self definition. Achievement current. The current.Sailing in it having achieved it they are content with eachothers company. Seems a world is built from it. Kept current too.Better for others by them having it best they can. Mostly by making it, taking it from eachother. Art. Sex. Too sacred to call love, but it is.They are it. Can't not be.Perhaps.She fucks like there might be problems. Need to preserve this. Have a baby of memory to raise always.Her on top, a process. Hugged she can't complete.Soldiers on a mission that has left them out now left out not knowing what to do, it right too soon being now instead of never.
>>215178635Always sucks when you used to be somebody but you're not anymore. When people tell you that they USED to be such fans of you, it really does make you wonder where you went wrong.>>215180744>After that, I tried auditioning and sending my resume, but I never managed to get anything else in my acting careerThe acting business is fickle like that. Either you've got your in and they love you, or you're just cast out.At least you had your time, but you just plain won't get it back and the sooner you accept those days are over, the better.
Have you tried doing gay porn?
So how do you pay the bills now that the acting money dried up? I always wanted to be in a moderately remembered indie band even if I didn't get rich but recently i read about a handful that straight got normal jobs after their time like pavements bassist.
>>215185585Good idea for a thread. Anyone work with a has been? Do they make their 15 minutes their entire personality?
>>215178635tell me about it, i once was employee of the month at McDonald's but now, 40 years later, it's like nobody even cares
Why would the boy from Night At The Museum come to /tv/ of all places to complain?
>>215185965Because 4chan is normie now
>>215178669cringe pedo nihilist
>>215183403>used to be regular posters hereStill am.
I mean, lots of people peak in high school. If you were in something bigger, you might've been able to spin it into e-fame these days, like some Disney syndicated TV slop. As is, it's bit parts. The odd weirdo messaging you about how he wanted to fuck you when you were 10 wouldn't have translated to lasting fame, even if you were active today.Most cute kids don't become cute adults, and a lot don't even become cute teenagers, which is probably what happened to you. Acting is ultimately about looks, and how many dicks you can suck for roles.
>>215186265Based ShatRolling for Shatner to live to 100
My gf used to be in commercials for the post office and her mother obsessively posted snippets of her life on the internet basically since she was born. It really fucked her up and she's incredibly insecure about her appearance despite so far out of my league that no one believes she's actually my gf. I'm pretty sure the only reason she likes a complete loser like me is because I had no clue what she looked like for 4 months but I talked to her anyway because she was sweet.
as long as you weren't molested you're fine
yeah social media really fucked your profession. I think denzel said something to the same effect. roughly like, the less people see you the better
>>215178635>"woe is me, being in the limelight is so hard!">*puts self in limelight even more*
could be worse breh. assuming this is real. you could be peddling medicare to baby boomers saying your catch phrases like jimmie walker
>>215183403don't forget the classic
>>215183940Read the thread, lazy. His name is Jack Cherry. I think Jacob was too ethnic sounding so I changed it for him.
who the fuck is Owen Cooper?
>>215188252Bill Cooper's son and leader of the WN/tax resistance movement in Arizona.
>>215178635How much fat Jewish dick has been inside your asshole?
>>215179547Have you considered prostitution?
>>215179547Well it sounds like you and/or your parents were retarded. Being a child actor is the best thing possible (as long as you can avoid the rape). The good ones earn enough money that they can quit acting and live whatever lives they want. You have enough money to buy a modest house in a modest place and go into whatever career you want.
>>215178635>>215182700A question for OP, if I can? WAS GETTING CAUGHT PART OF YOUR PLAN?!
>>215178635Honestly why not just do your absolutely best to get back into it OP? It would be a hell of a redemption arc.
>>215188177qrd?>>215183403ben affleck was also a confirmed poster iirc
>>215185850calling someone a has been just because they used to be famous and aren't anymore but are otherwise chill with their life is retarded. I'd only call someone a has been if they former success is something they're obsessed with (and moreso if they're a cunt).
>>215186626ok but how big are her titties
>>215183403>>215189144>>215188177hold on what? we need proof
>>215178635It's basically the opposite they're commenting because they liked what you did previously and want/ed to see more. The industry is infamously nepotistic corrupt and anti-meritocratic with it's hiring practices so it's not something you should ever take personally.>Never casts uber hot women>Barely ever casts amazing play actors>Constantly pushing some latest business kikes walking onahole rape victim and culturally transgressive pieces of shit to harm the publicIt's not that serious and we know the industry is shit.
>>215189735check this shit out
>>215190254no fucking way wtf
>>215188605>You have enough money to buy a modest house in a modest place and go into whatever career you want.I wonder how rarely this happens with actors.
Are you bald, OP? Looks matter very much in this business, you're gonna have to take the leap and get a hair transplant.
Pull a Chris Pratt and just throw your hat in for absolutely everything you can find where you fit the casting call. Might end up with a shitload of rejections, might end up in absolute dogshit, but if you really enjoy acting that shouldnt matter. IThen if you start getting offers pull an Eric Roberts and say yes to everything that has at least some element to it that sounds like fun.
Dolph Lundgren of Rocky IV and Masters of the Universe has a Masters in Chemical Engineering. Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, is a licensed pilot and flew commercial passenger airliners.OP, stop complaining and find out what else you're made of.
How do you feel about the boy from Harry Potter who made an Instagram account?
>>215178635Has someone tried to hit him up on Instagram to try and make sure he is really who anons guessed?
>>215190443I don't think you can get a transplant when you're bald, you have to do it when your halway through balding.
>>215180744You simply grew up and became ugly. Like ugly duckling but in reverse. It happens.
>>215192641didnt find the comment but did find this one
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>>215178635>I sometimes wonder if I chose the wrong time to pursue acting. Back in my day, there was still a sense of mystery around actors; people would watch you on screen and imagine you only in that one dimension. But now, social media allows fans to follow every move of their idols, creating a constant connection that never existed when I was growing up in the business. In some ways, it’s like I’ve been left behind in the evolution of celebrity culture. Despite social media being around in some form during my time, it didn’t quite shape the industry like it does now, and that disconnect makes me feel like I missed the boat. Critical Drinker is that you?
>>215179547>I don't have much money.Fuck that faggot then, he will pay you
>>215188605>>215190313Danielle Harris (little girl in Halloween movies) said the first major purchase she and her child star friends made was to buy a house. This was in the early 90s California though. She also said they were all supporting their parents though and only a few had good parents who saved a majority of their money and invested it.
well OP looks like a Seth Rogan now so I think the best thing you could do is asking your rich parents to produce and direct comedy movies like Superbad
>>215192857He probably deleted it after anons discovered him
>>215193947asking your rich parents to finance you*
>>215178635Why don't you do indie films?I see many cool ones, maybe you can triumph there or, at least, enjoy the experience and some money.
>>215178635So is this Jake Cherry guy Jewish?
>>215179547You and everyone else. Should have been born a politician's kid lmao
>>215190254>>215190283check the filename of the picture you morons
>boohoo I'm not a cute kid anymoreYeah big sad. Cry cry.I too miss being young and beautiful, but at some point one has to accept that time only goes in one direction.
>>215178635You made your bed now lay in it.
>>215194122OP was a cute kid >>215182417
>>215178635Just tell us who you are so I don't have to go to the trouble of having AI figure out the title you (badly) whited out.
>>215194149Yeah that's what I just said dumbass.
>>215194175Go fuck yourself, retard, piece of shit
>>215181547Go be a voice actor and then get paid to go to nerd conventions. Maybe bang an (adult) fan or two.
>>215182723Ben stiller is a repost?
>>215182333It definitely does look like "Night at the Museum" is what is badly whited out in OP pic.
>>215194195tongue my anus nigger.
>>215182772He's probably the same anon who samefaggedly "figured out" who OP is.
>>215183403We're here forever, anon.
>>215183649OP bailed when his identity was revealed.
>>215183999>implying Eddie Furlong played zygote John Connor
>>215185965Most anonymous place to do so.
>>215192876>gay jewish pedophile
>>215185965he doesnt/didntthis is someone pretending to be him and leaving a series of breadcums so people can say OMG ITS HIM WE CAUGHT YOU
>>215194533You are jealous because OP is an actual actor and you are an obese basement dweller
>>215192876This faggit probably made this thread.
>>215192876>gayshabbatEvery. Fucking. Time.
>>215178635How do i unsubscribe from this blog?
The industry is seriously beyond saving. It needs effective checks and balances to stop the rampant nepotism and abuses of power. But, like with politics and every other industry, the people in charge have zero incentive to implement anything like that.Maybe our ai overlords will save us
>>215194676post woke/weinstein hollywood is now the worst its ever been i dont get this. we were fine in the dont ask dont tell state of the world
Don't know if op is still here but:My father was a semi pro football player (soccer) and a Uni professor. He was the man in our small city, who ever needed smth would come to him and he'd be able to help. Then he had strokes, which noone realised at the time, making him first strange in the head and then slowly but steadily incapable of walking. You can imagine him sitting in his chair, reeking of piss because he couldn't hold it in anymore, barely understandably talking about his past We as a family tried our best, as did the doctors, and he came back somewhat, being able to walk slowly again and being able to speak normally, but he'll never be the man, _the_ man, he was. But he still has his moments where he is really happy, mostly when playing with his grandchildren, my sons. Now, OP, you're in a similar situation - you had your peak and you seemingly will never be able to get it back. But your advantage over my father is that you are healthy and fairly young, so you can start a new life with new goals and new peaks. They might not be as high as the old ones, but they'll still fill you with pride and a meaning. Also, take cipralex/escitalopram.
