Not all Hollywood stars graduated from universities, but most of them headed for the art path with a bag full of ambition and talent without an academic study of acting arts or other scientific or literary fields.
Many of them were satisfied with obtaining a high school diploma, but others had another life imposed on them by university studies, before we saw them on the red carpet at international film festivals.
Perhaps we need to get to know the most prominent Hollywood stars who were keen to obtain academic degrees before or during their work in the movies.
James Franco
James Franco attended the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999, then left it to focus on acting. Nevertheless, like many of those who have missed out, James lamented the decision, and re-enrolled at UCSD in 2006 at the age of 26.
Franco's enthusiasm for completing the academic studies pushed him to intensify study hours annually, which ranged from 20 to 62 credit hours per semester, in conjunction with his work in the movie "Milk".
And like any hard-working student, whenever he had to travel to San Francisco to work on the film, he would ask his university classmates to record his professors ’lectures, and then listen to them at night. Until he graduated from UCLA with a BA in English within two years.
James Franco's serious work did not stop there. He moved to New York and obtained a master's degree in English from Columbia University. He also studied filmmaking at New York University, writing novels at Brooklyn College and poetry at Warren Wilson College, and is currently planning to obtain another master's degree. In English from Yale University.
Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper graduated from Georgetown University in 1999, with a BA in English.
When Bradley was a little boy, he initially wanted to go to military school, and as he got older he chose to pursue something more realistic like acting; So he collected all his belongings after graduation and moved to New York, and there he obtained a master's degree in acting from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in 2000. Before that degree was in Bradley's hands, he was His path has started by performing in small roles on the movie screen.
Bradley embarked on a series of small roles in TV shows, such as The Street, Jack & Bobby, and films such as Wet Hot American Summer. Within a few years, Bradley Cooper became one of the highest-paid actors in the world, and was nominated for several Oscars.
David Dschovny
Before looking for the "X Files" answers, American actor David Dishovny was only trying to find answers to the English language exams at Princeton University, as he graduated from it in 1982 with a BA in English.
Deshovni continued to search for his passion by obtaining a master's degree in English literature from Yale University, and was an outstanding writer and poet, and his writings were nominated for the College Prize by the Academy of American Poets.
But even though Dchovny was a great writer, he secretly longed to shun writing and be in the cinema spotlight.
During the last two years of his studies, he began moving to New York to study acting, coinciding with his appearances in Broadway plays.
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a BA in Literature. While studying at the university, she realized that her true passion in life was to be an actress, so shortly after graduating, she enrolled at Yale University to study drama and obtain a master's degree in it.
The daughter of English actress Elizabeth Inglis and former NBC chief Sylvester Weaver was not pursuing an elusive dream when she tried to become an actress, she simply tried to follow the family path.
But although she grew up in an artistically and financially wealthy family, her childhood was not easy. She suffered from problems due to her height, and was constantly criticized for being taller than all the other girls at school, and her mother described her as "normal in appearance."
Even while studying at Yale University, professors continued to force her to take on fewer roles due to her height, but Sigourney managed her way to becoming one of Hollywood's most popular actresses and cultural icon at the same time.
Meryl Streep
It is no exaggeration for critics to describe Meryl Streep as one of the most successful actresses of all time, and she is also one of the actresses with high academic degrees. Before collecting her Oscars, Streep collected many diplomas and diplomas.
Meryl Streep graduated from Vassar College with a BA in 1971, and enrolled at Yale University and obtained a master's degree in acting, and her university professor said about her, "I don't think anyone taught Meryl to act, she really taught herself", until she became the most award-nominated actress. Oscar and Golden Globe.
Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson is best known for playing the lovable fool in the series "Mr. Bean", but don't let acting fool you. This guy has a master's degree in electrical engineering from Oxford University and began performing comedic sketches while at college.
Rowan Atkinson has continued to make a name for himself in the UK through comedic characters, such as Mr. Bean and Johnny English, and has won world awards in acting. And he did it all while suffering from a speech stutter that everyone would notice outside of acting.