Jennifer Connelly Reveals Unconventional Start to Acting Career

Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Connelly has made a surprising revelation about her early days in the film industry. In a recent appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, Connelly shared that she "didn't watch, movies" before starting her acting career at the age of 10.

Connelly began her career as a child model, and it was her mother's idea for her to become an actress. She stated, "I started working when I was so young - I started working when I was 10 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, starting, acting, career."

As she grew older, Connelly questioned her career choice, wondering if she was doing it for herself or someone else. She recalled, "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."

In a previous interview with Australia's Marie Claire magazine, Connelly opened up about feeling like a "product" during her younger years, saying, "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."

Connelly's candid revelations offer a unique glimpse into the early days of her acting career, which began with her debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. Despite her unconventional start and self-doubts, Connelly has gone on to establish herself as one of Hollywood's most talented and respected actresses, with a career spanning over three watch, movies.