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Josh Brolin opens up about side career that made him more money than 20 years acting
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Josh Brolin said he wasn’t taken seriously as an actor until 2007’s Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men” — and in the years before landing the movie, he had a short career as a full-time stock trader.
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he → say → trader
The 58-year-old son of actor James Brolin told Theo Von on his “This Past Weekend” podcast that despite early success on “The Goonies,” his career in Hollywood was going nowhere.
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career → tell → Hollywood
Before he was cast as Brand in “The Goonies,” he said he went to “350 auditions,” and people told him, “It’s not for you.”
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He said the ’80s classic was his first time ever in front of a camera, admitting, “I ruined the first day of shooting ’cause I couldn’t stop laughing” because he was so nervous.
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he → say → shooting
Soon after making “The Goonies,” he went to New York to study acting and do theater.
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he → make → theater
He said that he “took it seriously,” and he “had 22 years of taking it seriously because nobody was interested until really I did ‘No Country,’ and then ‘No Country’ kind of changed s—.”
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Country → say → s—.
During that period, Brolin said he worked as a landscaper for a year and then became a stock trader when he was 30, “for almost five years full-time.”
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he → say → years
“I was really good at it,” he admitted, explaining that he worked from home using three screens, “four tabs per screen.”
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He said he did both swing trading and day trading.
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he → say → trading
“I made more money in those four years, really … than I had made in 20 years acting.
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I → make → years
But I didn’t really make hardly anything acting.”
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“Day trading I loved, man,” he added.
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he → love → ?
Even after he found critical acclaim in the industry, the money wasn’t blowing him away.
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For “No Country for Old Men,” he said he was paid $100,000, “so I cleared what, $30,000?
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That’s not considered a great year.”
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But his Hollywood career began to turn around quickly after that.
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While filming “No Country for Old Men,” Brolin said he sent in an audition tape for “American Gangster” with his 16-year-old son playing Denzel Washington’s part.
“And that’s the last audition I ever did,” he said.
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he → film → part
Brolin is now starring in the thriller “Whalefall,” about a diver who is swallowed by a whale.
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who → star → whale
Brolin plays the main character’s estranged father.
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Brolin → play → father
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