Results: It's Never Too Late
Published on 10/26/2019
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We've all heard, "It's never too late". These people became famous at various ages. Which ones are you aware of? At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA.
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At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.
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At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer.
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At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school.
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At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.
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At age 28, Wayne Coyne (from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook.
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At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.
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At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.
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At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs.
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Knew none of these
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knew all of these
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These people also held onto their dreams. Which ones did you know? Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51.
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Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn't get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40.
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Stan Lee didn't release his first big comic book until he was 40.
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Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42.
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Samuel L. Jackson didn't get his first movie role until he was 46.
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Morgan Freeman landed his first MAJOR movie role at age 52.
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Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57.
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Grandma Moses didn't begin her painting career until age 76.
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Louise Bourgeois didn't become a famous artist until she was 78.
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knew all of these
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