Joshua Nair
Child star Jonathan Lipnicki has made a sad admission about the direction of his career.
He is best known for his roles in 1990s' films Stuart Little and Jerry Maguire alongside Tom Cruise, while also starring in The Little Vampire and Like Mike among other titles.
However, nearly 30 years after bursting onto the scene, the actor has spoken about the decline in his career in an exclusive interview with People.
Lipnicki may be better known as Ray Boyd or George Little, but now, the actor is making strides to move on from his past in Hollywood, admitting that he has 'had some good things' happen when he was a child celeb.
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"It's totally fine to say I'm not where I want to be career-wise," he stated, adding that it's 'alright'.
“This is the thing I want to do for the rest of my life, and I think you just have to believe it's going to happen and do everything in your power to take action in the right direction,” the American actor said.
Lipnicki also spoke on the next steps of his career, revealing: “I pray every night for clarity on where I need to go, and I'm confident the best is yet to come for me.
“And I think you just have to believe that. If you're going to pursue this, you're doing yourself a disservice not to dream big.”
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The actor admitted that he focused on studying and acting classes during high school, which he says was the 'best thing' he's done.
Now 34, the actor made some appearances in independent films and stage productions in Los Angeles, explaining that he's done some 'really good' things that 'nobody saw'.
Along with having no regrets, he also said that he has been 'careful' and even 'said no to about five movies in the last year', stating: “I just really want to turn this ship around.”
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The former child star has started getting involved in the world of producing.
TBS' The Joe Schmo Show is the actor's latest project, featuring as an egotistical, dramatised version of himself on the 'show-within-a show'.
Calling it a step 'outside his comfort zone', he relished the chance to be on his 'worst behaviour' for once, as a part of his role.
The reality hoax comedy centres on making an electrician named Ben believe that he is competing on a game show to win $100,000, when really, he is among a group of skilled improv comedians.