Timothée Chalamet is sharing that he previously had doubts about becoming an actor. The 29-year-old actor grew up in New York City, and while he was around many creative up-and-coming performers, he recognized the struggles many actors endure when trying to make it.
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00:00Timothee Chalamet is sharing that he previously had doubts about becoming an actor.
00:07The 29-year-old actor grew up in New York City,
00:10and while he was around many creative up-and-coming performers,
00:13he recognized the struggles many actors endure when trying to make it.
00:16Speaking with Anderson Cooper on a recent episode of 60 Minutes,
00:20Cooper and Chalamet visited a building in the theater district that Chalamet lived in,
00:24a rent-subsidized building filled with artists.
00:27This building truthfully made me scared of acting because it's a tough lifestyle,
00:32and a lot of people, you know, aren't doing fantastically.
00:38Cooper mentioned to Chalamet that he assumed this atmosphere
00:40would encourage him to pursue the arts.
00:43Instead, it had the opposite effect for Chalamet.
00:46It actually terrified me, becoming an actor.
00:48Even though his family was immersed in the arts,
00:50his mom was a dancer and his sister Pauline Chalamet also acted
00:55and is most known for her role in The Sex Lives of College Girls.
00:58The Oscar nominee shared with Cooper that his dad told him to, quote, be normal.
01:03It's no place for a child. It really isn't. You know,
01:06cameras, people going, hey, do the thing where we recognize you as cute in your own head.
01:11However, Chalamet ultimately decided to pursue the arts and has become a household name,
01:16receiving two Oscar nominations so far for his work in 2017's Call Me By Your Name,
01:21and most recently, last year's A Complete Unknown,
01:24where he played Bob Dylan and received rave reviews for his performance.
01:28You can be beautiful or you can be ugly, but you can't be plain.
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