My dad went down a coal mine to work in England when he was 13 years of age to help support his family after his own father died. My Dad was a lifelong voracious reader, a poet, an artist. When he applied for a specialist teacher's job (commercial and fine arts) in America in the 1940s, and had no college degree, he was asked to take a university application test to see where he fit into the scheme of things. He got the second highest score the school had ever received. He became a teacher for the Detroit Board of Education based on that result and stayed in that job until his retirement in the late 1960s. Smart is smart. Talent is talent. To judge a person by their "education" doesn't factor in anything from what they've learned in the school of life or the school of hard knocks. Many actors know when young they have talent and can't wait to pursue their dreams. It comes as no surprise to me that higher education in school doesn't light the fire of those who want to feel stage lights shining on them.
Agreed, however your dad was an exception, not the rule. Besides, he was not a famous person. The thing that strikes most people is how come people who get famous for performing well in arts should use that fame to lecture the public about themes they are not famous for.
@@SoberOKMoments I believe that great story about your dad, but that was in the 4O's and not today. Of course I see your latter point as well, but I'm there seemed to be a pretty large number who didn't finish high school, at least, so that surprised me. Am not necessarily judgeing their levels of intelligence. I don't think i did that.
@@SoberOKMoments You can be auto-didactic. You don't have to go to school to get an education, but it makes things easier...there are guidelines spelled out for you.
@@litabringas8681 Indeed! I was a bright student in a terrible family dynamic. My father was institutionalized a few times with a mental disorder. I had six younger siblings. I had been born in a program for teen mothers. I made money delivering groceries for some of the neighbors. Opportunities were good for earnings because there are lots of neighbors on a New York City street. I was in a special program for the gifted 7-8 grades. I played violin for my schools and was in the New York City Schools Orchestra. I've never played a sport. I don't watch them either. My free time was spent at the Washington Irving branch of the library. Or, I was hustling for nickels and dimes. At 13 we moved to Miami. I made money cutting lawns for $2.00 each. In the 9th grade I worked two doors down for a neighbor who had an illegal tool and die shop in his garage. That's where I learned trigonometry. He went back to Argentina and I found work in a Royal Castle restaurant. I was also working for my mother's stepfather in his pizza joint/restaurant. I found work again but in a sheet metal shop in Hialeah. At 18 I applied with Ma Bell. I was told that the company didn't hire high school dropouts. I convinced the Human Resources person to test me with the proviso that I get hired if I passed all the tests. I got the job with very high marks. In the 10th grade I had taken the California Achievement Test and scored the highest out of almost 750 students so I was very sure I could pass the pre-employment exams. I left Miami for New York Telephone where I worked at the World Trade Center project. Six months later I was drafted. I joined the US Navy reasoning that four years in a technical job was better than two years as a Grunt. I married at 21 to a college student studying Physical Therapy. Three years later I went back to New York Telephone. Transferring to North Carolina for better opportunities I was sent to AT&T after the divestiture but was laid off in 1985. I started a business in my field and was successful in it for 35 years. My wife of 52 years and I are retired and alternate between our home in Charlotte and an ocean front house near Camp Lejeune. My son has two Civil Engineering degrees and is successful in his work and his marriage. I have two wonderful grandchildren. I consider myself to have lived a successful life. I would love to have gone to college but it just never worked out for me. Instead I educated myself in the subjects I needed and even some I didn't. I've met 1000's of people over the years who were happy to share their knowledge with me. At 73 I am still learning and expect to be until I close my eyes for the last time.
@@wmjohns881 many started as very young children back in the day. Their parents pushed a lot of them. It was all about Big money!!!!! Older actors had to work for their families, some were very poor. I am 70, about a third of the kid's dropped out in the 8th grade because of farming. It was almost normal.
Good for you. I had one semester of college and have had more success than anyone in my highschool class. Made loads of money - traveled all over the world. So to each their own. NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD COLLEGE.
Level of education and intelligence are not the same thing and wisdom is something else entirely, but I don't like a high school dropout calling me stupid because I don't share his political religion.
Wow, especially surprised at quite a few who only went through middle school, those that were high school dropouts, or thosr who went to high school only.
My parents were immigrants from Europe who came to America,Dad always told us to stay in school and get a education or you will wind up with a job with a pick and shovel,had a short term job digging holes for satellite dishes back in the 80's "yep this is what Dad was talking about" the family all worked for good companies and retired well,thanks POP❤x
Samuel L. Jackson was expelled from Morehouse in 1969 for student activism, but he later was re-admitted and earned his degree in drama in 1972. Overall, acting is not a profession that requires a high degree of education, or any formal education at all.
@@M60gunner1971 no he didn't but I made a mistake, corrected in my post. Checking his Wikipedia page, I see that he was re-admitted to Morehouse a couple years later and earned his degree in 1972.
And your point for mentioning this, since he did legitimately graduate? (As opposed to not finishing, or having parents who purchased his academic creds.)
That why the i say Hollywierd needs to stick to what they know best, and that's Hollywood not politics. I wonder about Grorge Clooney. I think I read somewhere he dropped out of high school and college.🤔
@@nicholasmarino1733 yes they are, no student loan debt fie one. And two they are rich and don't have to pay their fair share of Taxes. That's a lot to smile and laugh about for sure.
@meta37 you are so ignorant to write something like that about George Clooney, who works helping refugees all his life. Mush to say about your education and it's worth!
It’s ironic how many of these famous people lecture the public on how to live their lives when they themselves have no more than a high school education, if that much.
On the surface, sure. But, many of them were worth a lot more than the typical college grad was at an early age. They've traveled extensively and dealt with more intelligent people than most have the opportunity to duplicate by going to the same or a similar office experiences ad nauseam. They also have been exposed to a hard hitting industry and navigated that. All of that makes for a better life experience and opportunities to learn. I'd trade my college degree that served we well for decades for any of their banks or experiences.
@@billybilly3777 you literal just defended a whole culture of pedophile that push their beliefs on others, want free thing in society and hire people to do things like manage their bank accounts and do their shopping. And if you are willing to trade your life and hard work for what they have you’re probably just as vain and naïve.
@@chelyespinoza4655 I agree school only gives you so much, but these people don’t have lives of hardship. They are insanely rich and famous, as well as being ignorant and brainwashed. And to be honest people who listen to them because they are famous are ignorant as well
It is notable that most British actors are university graduates (too often Oxbridge), and most American actors are not, although it is difficult to differentiate because you do not distinguish between High School graduates and University graduates (in Britain you do not graduate secondary school, it is taken as a given. 😀
It’s certification that you have met the states requirements to receive a diploma. Now you can pursue a degree from an accredited college or university. Less than ..01% of the population of the USA are actors and fewer than that are actors who are wealthy and famous.23% of the population have an undergraduate degree. Your odds of getting a college degree are much better than becoming an actor.
My father attended East New York Vocational High School. His diploma says he was trained in Metallurgy. After graduation he worked as a welder. His skill and experience level improved as time went by and in new jobs and technologies. By the time I was a teen he was designing commercial kitchens for hotels, restaurants, airports and even synagogues. He could order the materials, shear and lay it out, brake, weld, polish and install it. He traveled around the US and was in high demand. This country needs more vocational schools to train people who aren't college material instead of them getting stuck in terrible jobs that pay little and offer no opportunities for improvement. The jails would probably be emptier.
Funny how people hold celebrities opinion so high and yet most of them are uneducated. Wake up people, when celebrities endorse anything, most times it is baseless. Point in fact, De Niro.
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@@jamesmcgowan1769 l wouldnt consider being a Hollywood actor successful. Its a self indulgent industry. Their morals arent something to aspire to . Ricky Gervis was right,they have less education than Greta Thurburg. These people arent the pillars of respectfully and dont have high moral standards nor are they good examples to anyone. Look how screwed up their own children are.
“yet most of them are uneducated. I suspect (hope) that you meant a formal education (from an accredited school.) Education comes in many different shapes.
De. Niro has had a dazzling career. and is worth half a billion dollars. I'd take any kind of advice from him. Trump gives you a hate bone to chew on is how he manipulates you. Hate won't improve your life, and will probably make it worse.
The only one who appears to have finished a university degree, with a serious subject is Gerald Butler, its was a Law Degree, most just have high education.
College isn't for everyone but I must say, some of the most intelligent people I know never went to college. It is not always an indicator of intelligence.
College degree does not guarantee you being intelligent. It gives you a professional training in a specific area. A degree does not guarantee any intelligence, but relevant training/degree would help to better in a chosen field. Intelligence is not being taught in schools. It is coming from your family upbringing and from selfdevelopment. Dropout has less chances to succeed in some areas, but apparently performing arts are exceptions. There is no guarantee that dropouts will be intelligent. Maybe talented, but it is more like exception
I have a friend of mine who is the VP of a large construction firm. He never went to college and is one of the best bridge engineers in the country. With his level of intelligence, college was a waste of time.
@@ast-og-losta to be honest- hard to believe. The field requires a very specific training. You can't just be born knowing how to build bridges or know all aspects of the process without a long, serious, specific training that college provide.
@natulia I think it depends on a lot of factors. One specifically being the country you live in as a college education may not be necessary to become a leader in a particular field. My father was an engineer who worked his way up to the position over the course of his career. He was an extremely intelligent man who was not afforded the opportunity to go to college. Do not mistake me, he wanted to go, but then he had a family and college was less important. At any rate, college would have gotten him to his destination faster, but he got there none the less. However, I also believe education is important, whatever form it takes.
@@charley9050I’m glad I’m not the only one who questioned that. As a Mizzou grad myself, it was always a ‘known’ thing that Pitt dropped out just before finishing is degree.
Who cares millions of people have incredible education letters after their names and have zero personalities and barely make a living...A lot of actors start their acting careers when they are extremely young!!!! It doesn't mean that either group is smart or dumb!!! The amount of actors vs. the population is extremely, extremely, small!!! It's luck and just being at the right place at the right time. Such is life!!! My Dad quit school in the 8th grade because in the Midwest most people did because of farming. He was brilliant, but poor! He also became a high ranking officer in the military!!!?
In school you learn to read,write,and arithmetic as well as other things ! When you drop out of school most people really begin to learn ! Not to say school isn’t important it is ! For most people !
There is a Carnegie Mellon University program offered in NYC I believe; there’s also a Carnegie Mellon University in California (Silicon Valley) that offers several programs. However, their main academic location is in Pennsylvania. This is true of several universities; they have satellite campuses for diverse programs.
I could of guessed Di Niro dropped out of school. You only need to listen to his rhetoric about Trump to understand thats he's just a thick woke democrat.
Opportunity knocks only once. I’ve read some of these actors’s bio, they were discovered while they were young and a lot of them were from poor to families of modest means. The lure of potential big income forced them to leave schools. To many it paid off.
It's not always what you know, but who you know as well as having an inborn talent and having persona when it comes to acting or in the arts! Also, "It doesn't matter the fancy car you drive, the degrees after your name or the fancy house you live in, we all end up in the same place so....stay humble"! Old Irish proverb~ food for thought. Lifelong professional artist here i.e. former retired NYC fashion illustrator/floral designer now painter, pianist/American composer of a New England folk opera and other pieces for piano performed in public (beloved piano teacher was a graduate from Juilliard) , went to art school, Parsons School of Design in NYC, studied some psychology at New School University formerly the New School for Social Research, no degrees, mostly a student at Life University, self taught i.e. "bookaholic"! "knowledge is power"...self-empowerment. 📚🖌🎨🎹🎼🎵♥♥♥
Robert De Niro did very well w/o any higher education. He is an exception. My favorite actor of all. He can do it all; from comedy to romance to crime and do it well. How many others can do what he has done?
I know high school dropouts that I went to school with that had IQ of 175,180 and over 200 how far you go in school has nothing to do with how intelligent you are.
Remember, they're entertainers, not rocket scientists. Discipline and motivation is the key to finishing your education, not necessarily intelligence. I was pleasantly surprised that some of these guys did graduate from university, well done.
School is an IQ test of sorts. But it tests for a different kind of intelligence than what is required to succeed in life. This is evidenced by wildly successful drop-outs whose names we all know. And the countless graduates whose names we don't know.
Just because you didn't complete a standard education doesn't mean you can't be brilliant. Many actors are in the business at a very young age and who cares! Millions of people have a high school degrees and are f______ idiots!!!!!
Many black men in this list have university degrees. I’m surprised at how many of these actors didn’t graduate from high school. It’s not like they aren’t intelligent, articulate people-many are self educated, for sure! Which counts big time if you are successful. Otherwise, not so much.
Interesting, but why classify some as high school graduates but others as college dropouts? If they made it to college, I take it they graduated high school, or at least received a GED. If they didn't make it through college, they should at least be acknowledged as high school graduates or the equivalent.
I think you're being a bit harsh on these actors calling so many of them dropouts which is a derogatory term. Most of them went on some sort of acting training in one way or another but you don't seem to care about listing that training.
I find it a bit annoying as well but this is quite a widespread phenomenon these days in my experience. I don't know whether it is a style fad or whether there is something else behind this. I just grit my teeth and mark it down as an evolution in the language that I won't embrace myself.
@@GrahamMacdonald-w9o I think it’s because autocorrect capitalizes the first letter after a period, and a lot of younger folks just stopped putting the final period in initials when used in a sentence to prevent the next word after the initials from automatically being capitalized. And then it got copied by other younger folks.
Being bad at school doesn't mean that you are stupid ! think about the ADD , dyslexic and dyscalculian people ! Those are often the most creative and talented people !
My dad went down a coal mine to work in England when he was 13 years of age to help support his family after his own father died. My Dad was a lifelong voracious reader, a poet, an artist. When he applied for a specialist teacher's job (commercial and fine arts) in America in the 1940s, and had no college degree, he was asked to take a university application test to see where he fit into the scheme of things. He got the second highest score the school had ever received. He became a teacher for the Detroit Board of Education based on that result and stayed in that job until his retirement in the late 1960s. Smart is smart. Talent is talent. To judge a person by their "education" doesn't factor in anything from what they've learned in the school of life or the school of hard knocks. Many actors know when young they have talent and can't wait to pursue their dreams. It comes as no surprise to me that higher education in school doesn't light the fire of those who want to feel stage lights shining on them.
Agreed, however your dad was an exception, not the rule.
Besides, he was not a famous person. The thing that strikes most people is how come people who get famous for performing well in arts should use that fame to lecture the public about themes they are not famous for.
@@SoberOKMoments I believe that great story about your dad, but that was in the 4O's and not today. Of course I see your latter point as well, but I'm there seemed to be a pretty large number who didn't finish high school, at least, so that surprised me. Am not necessarily judgeing their levels of intelligence. I don't think i did that.
@@SoberOKMoments You can be auto-didactic. You don't have to go to school to get an education, but it makes things easier...there are guidelines spelled out for you.
@@litabringas8681 Indeed!
I was a bright student in a terrible family dynamic. My father was institutionalized a few times with a mental disorder. I had six younger siblings. I had been born in a program for teen mothers. I made money delivering groceries for some of the neighbors. Opportunities were good for earnings because there are lots of neighbors on a New York City street.
I was in a special program for the gifted 7-8 grades. I played violin for my schools and was in the New York City Schools Orchestra.
I've never played a sport. I don't watch them either. My free time was spent at the Washington Irving branch of the library. Or, I was hustling for nickels and dimes.
At 13 we moved to Miami. I made money cutting lawns for $2.00 each. In the 9th grade I worked two doors down for a neighbor who had an illegal tool and die shop in his garage. That's where I learned trigonometry. He went back to Argentina and I found work in a Royal Castle restaurant. I was also working for my mother's stepfather in his pizza joint/restaurant. I found work again but in a sheet metal shop in Hialeah.
At 18 I applied with Ma Bell. I was told that the company didn't hire high school dropouts. I convinced the Human Resources person to test me with the proviso that I get hired if I passed all the tests. I got the job with very high marks. In the 10th grade I had taken the California Achievement Test and scored the highest out of almost 750 students so I was very sure I could pass the pre-employment exams.
I left Miami for New York Telephone where I worked at the World Trade Center project. Six months later I was drafted. I joined the US Navy reasoning that four years in a technical job was better than two years as a Grunt.
I married at 21 to a college student studying Physical Therapy. Three years later I went back to New York Telephone. Transferring to North Carolina for better opportunities I was sent to AT&T after the divestiture but was laid off in 1985. I started a business in my field and was successful in it for 35 years.
My wife of 52 years and I are retired and alternate between our home in Charlotte and an ocean front house near Camp Lejeune. My son has two Civil Engineering degrees and is successful in his work and his marriage. I have two wonderful grandchildren.
I consider myself to have lived a successful life. I would love to have gone to college but it just never worked out for me. Instead I educated myself in the subjects I needed and even some I didn't. I've met 1000's of people over the years who were happy to share their knowledge with me. At 73 I am still learning and expect to be until I close my eyes for the last time.
Getting a college degree demonstrates discipline and perseverance. College teaches you to think critically. It is not a measure of intelligence.
Back then, yes, but not in today's colleges.
Maybe how to think critically of anyone who doesn't agree with the left. Hahahaha!
I am surprised at the high number of college and high school dropouts. I guessed that most celebrities would have university degree.
@@wmjohns881 many started as very young children back in the day. Their parents pushed a lot of them. It was all about Big money!!!!!
Older actors had to work for their families, some were very poor. I am 70, about a third of the kid's dropped out in the 8th grade because of farming. It was almost normal.
Good for you. I had one semester of college and have had more success than anyone in my highschool class. Made loads of money - traveled all over the world. So to each their own.
NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD COLLEGE.
Level of education and intelligence are not the same thing and wisdom is something else entirely, but I don't like a high school dropout calling me stupid because I don't share his political religion.
Wow, especially surprised at quite a few who only went through middle school, those that were high school dropouts, or thosr who went to high school only.
My parents were immigrants from Europe who came to America,Dad always told us to stay in school and get a education or you will wind up with a job with a pick and shovel,had a short term job digging holes for satellite dishes back in the 80's "yep this is what Dad was talking about" the family all worked for good companies and retired well,thanks POP❤x
A lot of drop outs! Not surprised, mainly De Niro!
DeNiro is not a bright guy.
He’s as dumb as rock
What is De Niro's drop out different than others, doesn't make you a wise guy.
@@JWade-bt1rd Bob has played any role to the perfection, no other actors come even close.
Samuel L. Jackson was expelled from Morehouse in 1969 for student activism, but he later was re-admitted and earned his degree in drama in 1972. Overall, acting is not a profession that requires a high degree of education, or any formal education at all.
Didn't he go to the university of Tennessee at Chattanooga?
@@M60gunner1971 no he didn't but I made a mistake, corrected in my post. Checking his Wikipedia page, I see that he was re-admitted to Morehouse a couple years later and earned his degree in 1972.
Good for him. It’s always good to complete what you started. Shows your fortitude and character.
@@johnday8771 it shows far more character to risk expulsion for a just cause.
And your point for mentioning this, since he did legitimately graduate? (As opposed to not finishing, or having parents who purchased his academic creds.)
John Travolta did not drop out. He graduated from Rydell High School!!! 😂😂😂
TALYOR SWIFT FINISHED 8TH GRADE ON TIME
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He also went to a university that one of my clients graduated from and was openly gay then
Best comment. Well done. Don't forget he also lettered in track!
I can’t believe how many dropped out of high school, and they lecturer people on politics and world affairs and they are barely educated
Hi, I totally agree with you, BUT, those people who are barely educated are laugh all the way to the bank.
That why the i say Hollywierd needs to stick to what they know best, and that's Hollywood not politics. I wonder about Grorge Clooney. I think I read somewhere he dropped out of high school and college.🤔
@@nicholasmarino1733
yes they are, no student loan debt fie one. And two they are rich and don't have to pay their fair share of Taxes. That's a lot to smile and laugh about for sure.
Most of then aren't bright, you dont need brains to act, just remember lines and yell a bit!!😮😮😮😮
@meta37 you are so ignorant to write something like that about George Clooney, who works helping refugees all his life. Mush to say about your education and it's worth!
It’s ironic how many of these famous people lecture the public on how to live their lives when they themselves have no more than a high school education, if that much.
On the surface, sure. But, many of them were worth a lot more than the typical college grad was at an early age. They've traveled extensively and dealt with more intelligent people than most have the opportunity to duplicate by going to the same or a similar office experiences ad nauseam. They also have been exposed to a hard hitting industry and navigated that. All of that makes for a better life experience and opportunities to learn. I'd trade my college degree that served we well for decades for any of their banks or experiences.
@@billybilly3777 you literal just defended a whole culture of pedophile that push their beliefs on others, want free thing in society and hire people to do things like manage their bank accounts and do their shopping. And if you are willing to trade your life and hard work for what they have you’re probably just as vain and naïve.
Finishing School has nothing to do with them lecturing people . Life gives you that , (hardship, love, hardworking , abuse, you name it)
@@chelyespinoza4655 I agree school only gives you so much, but these people don’t have lives of hardship. They are insanely rich and famous, as well as being ignorant and brainwashed. And to be honest people who listen to them because they are famous are ignorant as well
No way!! comment and opinions some of these drops out try to impose to people with high levels education is pathetic!
It is notable that most British actors are university graduates (too often Oxbridge), and most American actors are not, although it is difficult to differentiate because you do not distinguish between High School graduates and University graduates (in Britain you do not graduate secondary school, it is taken as a given. 😀
Dr house actor is an anthropologist
Oxbridge? Where is that?
@@vduval52 It means someone who had graduated from Oxford or Cambridge University. These are prestigious universities in U.K.
John Travolta dropped out of High School yet he is qualified as a commercial airline pilot... go figure
Learning doesn't end at school level. That's only for starters. It's what you achieve with those remaining years
Einstein was a school dropout
What on earth is a high school graduate?? Graduate at what exactly? For finishing school??? Ridiculous.
It’s certification that you have met the states requirements to receive a diploma. Now you can pursue a degree from an accredited college or university. Less than ..01% of the population of the USA are actors and fewer than that are actors who are wealthy and famous.23% of the population have an undergraduate degree. Your odds of getting a college degree are much better than becoming an actor.
My father attended East New York Vocational High School. His diploma says he was trained in Metallurgy. After graduation he worked as a welder. His skill and experience level improved as time went by and in new jobs and technologies. By the time I was a teen he was designing commercial kitchens for hotels, restaurants, airports and even synagogues. He could order the materials, shear and lay it out, brake, weld, polish and install it. He traveled around the US and was in high demand.
This country needs more vocational schools to train people who aren't college material instead of them getting stuck in terrible jobs that pay little and offer no opportunities for improvement. The jails would probably be emptier.
Robert DeNiro - School drop out - That explains alot.
Now, now. We all dance in the cage for peanuts. He just gets a LOT more of them thrown his way.
@@commentatron I don't dance.
Robert Deniro, a self-taught man.
@@jeffburton1326 Those challenging my silly premise definitely _don't_ get any virtual peanuts!
Explains what? He has had an accomplished career. I never heard of you. Perhaps you shouldn't judge.
I think Joaquin Phoenix and all his siblings were home-schooled.
His real surname is Bottom…..so it saved him being bullied😅
Loudmouth De Niro didn't have the guts to even finish school. Only tough in the movies.
5:51 obviously DiNiro didn't t need much schooling to succeed if u want to measure monetarily. 😊
Ah, we have a Deniro hater.
Did he need to? He has gone further in life by the time he got to high school than most people achieve in a lifetime.
@@lduranceau8046Looks like we have children trafficking supporters.
@@ast-og-lostaLol okay.
Funny how people hold celebrities opinion so high and yet most of them are uneducated. Wake up people, when celebrities endorse anything, most times it is baseless. Point in fact, De Niro.
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@@jamesmcgowan1769 l wouldnt consider being a Hollywood actor successful. Its a self indulgent industry. Their morals arent something to aspire to . Ricky Gervis was right,they have less education than Greta Thurburg. These people arent the pillars of respectfully and dont have high moral standards nor are they good examples to anyone. Look how screwed up their own children are.
“yet most of them are uneducated.
I suspect (hope) that you meant a formal education (from an accredited school.)
Education comes in many different shapes.
De. Niro has had a dazzling career. and is worth half a billion dollars.
I'd take any kind of advice from him.
Trump gives you a hate bone to chew on is how he manipulates you.
Hate won't improve your life, and will probably make it worse.
The only one who appears to have finished a university degree, with a serious subject is Gerald Butler, its was a Law Degree, most just have high education.
Tommy Lee- Harvard - back when it was hard to get in .... not like today
Tommy lee jones is an english teacher and there are psychologists too.
@@danthemaneducation5540 Edward Norton, Yale - History is pretty impresive too
Sacha Baron-Cohen - history from Cambridge Uni is impressive.
@@danthemaneducation5540football scholarships helped
The UK actors seem to have completed more college
Not college, university.
Tommy Lee Jones graduated from Harvard (with 2 r's). His roommate was Al Gore.
Wow this was a good one, enjoyed v informative
Wow GERARD BUTLER loved him in FRANKIE❤
Sometimes people drop out of school for different reasons which is nobodies Business, and there are some pretty good actors amongst them..👍🇦🇺
Well at least al Pacino has some education ❤I love him ❤
College isn't for everyone but I must say, some of the most intelligent people I know never went to college. It is not always an indicator of intelligence.
College degree does not guarantee you being intelligent. It gives you a professional training in a specific area. A degree does not guarantee any intelligence, but relevant training/degree would help to better in a chosen field.
Intelligence is not being taught in schools. It is coming from your family upbringing and from selfdevelopment.
Dropout has less chances to succeed in some areas, but apparently performing arts are exceptions.
There is no guarantee that dropouts will be intelligent. Maybe talented, but it is more like exception
It is always better to continue your education. Working is not enough.
I have a friend of mine who is the VP of a large construction firm. He never went to college and is one of the best bridge engineers in the country. With his level of intelligence, college was a waste of time.
@@ast-og-losta to be honest- hard to believe. The field requires a very specific training. You can't just be born knowing how to build bridges or know all aspects of the process without a long, serious, specific training that college provide.
@natulia I think it depends on a lot of factors. One specifically being the country you live in as a college education may not be necessary to become a leader in a particular field. My father was an engineer who worked his way up to the position over the course of his career. He was an extremely intelligent man who was not afforded the opportunity to go to college. Do not mistake me, he wanted to go, but then he had a family and college was less important. At any rate, college would have gotten him to his destination faster, but he got there none the less. However, I also believe education is important, whatever form it takes.
Mat Damon dropped out of Harvard for a film role.
I think a lot of them dropped out because career was starting to take off, they were getting steady work.
NB Ethan Hawke did not attend "Carnegie Mellon U in Ney York". Carnegie Mellon, formerly Carnegie Tech, is located in Pittsburgh, PA.
Christian Bale doesn't surprise me too much because he was a child actor
Brad Pitt dropped in university of Missouri
That's what I thought too. He was short just a few credits and could/should finish.
@@charley9050I’m glad I’m not the only one who questioned that. As a Mizzou grad myself, it was always a ‘known’ thing that Pitt dropped out just before finishing is degree.
Butler surprised the most.
Same! He must be quite smart because law is not easy 😮
Ryan gosling is high school dropout
Something I don’t see under anyone’s name is. “ paid someone to take their test”
or qualification paid for
According to Trump's sister, he paid someone to take a test.
Not really an accurate comment..They were unknowns back then. Not famous until much later
🤦🏻♀️ on the other Hand: Mayim Bialik, Natalie Portman, Rebel Wilson , Rowan Atkinson, Dolph Lundgren...
Who cares millions of people have incredible education letters after their names and have zero personalities and barely make a living...A lot of actors start their acting careers when they are extremely young!!!! It doesn't mean that either group is smart or dumb!!! The amount of actors vs. the population is extremely, extremely, small!!! It's luck and just being at the right place at the right time. Such is life!!!
My Dad quit school in the 8th grade because in the Midwest most people did because of farming. He was brilliant, but poor! He also became a high ranking officer in the military!!!?
Words of wisdom. Thank you for sharing.
In school you learn to read,write,and arithmetic as well as other things ! When you drop out of school most people really begin to learn ! Not to say school isn’t important it is ! For most people !
I'm pretty sure Carnegie Mellon University is in Pittsburgh.
It is!
@markbanister5534 actually, I've driven through its campus and my sister-in-law got her bachelor's degree from there.
@@davidv2700 I worked there for 18 years!
Yes, it is. A coworker's son was accepted there, and it's definitely in Pittsburgh.
You never know what life has for you. Just live it to the End and try your best to be a Good Human being. 😎
The video gets it right once, wrong once. Carnegie Mellon University is in Pittsburgh, not New York
There is a Carnegie Mellon University program offered in NYC I believe; there’s also a Carnegie Mellon University in California (Silicon Valley) that offers several programs. However, their main academic location is in Pennsylvania. This is true of several universities; they have satellite campuses for diverse programs.
I could of guessed Di Niro dropped out of school. You only need to listen to his rhetoric about Trump to understand thats he's just a thick woke democrat.
Opportunity knocks only once. I’ve read some of these actors’s bio, they were discovered while they were young and a lot of them were from poor to families of modest means. The lure of potential big income forced them to leave schools. To many it paid off.
It's not always what you know, but who you know as well as having an inborn talent and having persona when it comes to acting or in the arts! Also, "It doesn't matter the fancy car you drive, the degrees after your name or the fancy house you live in, we all end up in the same place so....stay humble"! Old Irish proverb~ food for thought. Lifelong professional artist here i.e. former retired NYC fashion illustrator/floral designer now painter, pianist/American composer of a New England folk opera and other pieces for piano performed in public (beloved piano teacher was a graduate from Juilliard) , went to art school, Parsons School of Design in NYC, studied some psychology at New School University formerly the New School for Social Research, no degrees, mostly a student at Life University, self taught i.e. "bookaholic"! "knowledge is power"...self-empowerment. 📚🖌🎨🎹🎼🎵♥♥♥
Robert De Niro did very well w/o any higher education. He is an exception. My favorite actor of all. He can do it all; from comedy to romance to crime and do it well. How many others can do what he has done?
Then he became old and started preaching to the world how things oughta be.
@@stevenjohnson8507 Just opinionated nothing more.
Yes, I am.
@@stevenjohnson8507I think all old people do that, you don't have to be DeNiro to do that.
I know high school dropouts that I went to school with that had IQ of 175,180 and over 200 how far you go in school has nothing to do with how intelligent you are.
No, you don’t know a single one whose IQ is 20 degrees above room temperature - like yours.
multiple intelligences, maybe not the iq but the other intelligences
I believe Tom Cruise Graduated from Saint Xavier here in Louisville. I know of girls that used to date him.
"Greta Thunberg stayed in school more than all of you combined."
- Ricky Gervais
Remember, they're entertainers, not rocket scientists. Discipline and motivation is the key to finishing your education, not necessarily intelligence. I was pleasantly surprised that some of these guys did graduate from university, well done.
De Niro, a real gem.
Robert de Niro, the guy who thinks he knows everything is a school dropout. Haha
robert deniro dropped out in the middle of first grade.
Conclusion: don't look to actors for advice on anything other than acting
brb, going off to buy Gwyneth Paltrow's "alkiline water with lemon"
Wow ! I thought for sure that Bobby DeMento had
at least a Masters in
American History or
Political Science ! 🤔❓
Leonard nimoy was a doctor in pedagogy
Went to same grade school a couple years behind him ( De Nero ), remember him as a nerdy type of bully, Village in NYC!
De Nero has plenty to say - for an educational dropout
After Clint Eastwood, the next famous alumnus from Oakland Tech is Rickey Henderson who was drafted and played for the Oakland Athletics 🐘.
School is an IQ test of sorts. But it tests for a different kind of intelligence than what is required to succeed in life. This is evidenced by wildly successful drop-outs whose names we all know. And the countless graduates whose names we don't know.
Brad Pitt studied Journalism, and dropped out before last semester.
Travolta and cruise have titles in plane pilot.
And other tendencies 😮😮
Dropout seems important enough to tell you who not to vote for
Just because you didn't complete a standard education doesn't mean you can't be brilliant. Many actors are in the business at a very young age and who cares! Millions of people have a high school degrees and are f______ idiots!!!!!
There seems to be a lot of high school drop-outs. Joaquin Phoenix appeared not to have a proper education which is very surprising to me.
De Zero, a school dropout who thinks he can tell the rest of us how to vote!!!!
Marlon Brando was also a High School Dropout
Robert DeNiro high school dropout.No surprise there .
So James Franco has the highest level of education? Wow
I've liked most movies that Robert De Niro has been in but I can't say that I have ever watched a movie because he was in it.
Patrick Swayze is college dropout
He was also a brilliant dancer, he was educated in different ways!
Why like matt damon, it says university dropout not graduated from high school? To enter university, he needs to graduate first right, so weird
Corrections Brad Pitt's College Dropout he stated that fact in many interviews
Plenty of opportunity in entertainment industry for dropouts. Not really anything wrong with that.
Gotta watch more movies apparently as I don’t know half of these , and really don’t care
Cool huh Deanna souders Rensselaer in souders llc
Academia doesn't offer much to actors, unless it Julliard or The Royal Shakespeare Academy.
A school specifically geared toward artistic expression.
You titled this "educational qualification". What's the point? All these actors have stellar careers because their qualifiction is in ACTING!
Many black men in this list have university degrees. I’m surprised at how many of these actors didn’t graduate from high school. It’s not like they aren’t intelligent, articulate people-many are self educated, for sure! Which counts big time if you are successful. Otherwise, not so much.
I am NOT surprised DeZero was a dropout ..
Arnold S. has a degree in MBA
Someone can have wisdom without an education but an education without wisdom is worthless.
How totally unsurprising to see that Robert de Weirdo is a high school dropout. 😂
How to say you have a type without saying you have a type. 😂😂😂
I keep hearing the Frankie Avalon song, Beauty School dropout, for some reason.😂
Never too late to go back to school. Easier when older.
Christopher Walken dropped out to further study the cowbell.
Now I don't feel so bad of my college level.
Never look to actors for scruples, reality or how to vote. They're just acting smart.
Jim Carrey is high-graduated in face-streching in Harweird-Westlake school in LA.
Interesting, but why classify some as high school graduates but others as college dropouts? If they made it to college, I take it they graduated high school, or at least received a GED. If they didn't make it through college, they should at least be acknowledged as high school graduates or the equivalent.
carnegie mellon is in pittsburgh, not new york.
Can Colin Farrel be my therapist? 😬
This proves that you don't need a degree to be make money, but you need to allow the Lord to direct your paths
I think you're being a bit harsh on these actors calling so many of them dropouts which is a derogatory term. Most of them went on some sort of acting training in one way or another but you don't seem to care about listing that training.
Uhhh… It’s “B.A. Degree”. You forgot the period after the second initial.
I find it a bit annoying as well but this is quite a widespread phenomenon these days in my experience. I don't know whether it is a style fad or whether there is something else behind this. I just grit my teeth and mark it down as an evolution in the language that I won't embrace myself.
@@GrahamMacdonald-w9o I think it’s because autocorrect capitalizes the first letter after a period, and a lot of younger folks just stopped putting the final period in initials when used in a sentence to prevent the next word after the initials from automatically being capitalized. And then it got copied by other younger folks.
I can't believe Jim Carrey drop out school 😮
This is part of the reason you get Hellywood !!!
Being bad at school doesn't mean that you are stupid ! think about the ADD , dyslexic and dyscalculian people ! Those are often the most creative and talented people !
I heard that TOM CRUISE and JIM CARREY did not make it past 9th grade. (Maybe they went back and finished years later.)
seems like if you want to be successful in movies you gotta be a school dropout
De Nero a drop out? Possibly kicked out?
It’s very interesting just how many of these Uber-successful people were drop-outs. Academic study isn’t for everyone.