Will Ferrell would have been "fine" with a "job in a bank".
Will Ferrell
The 47-year-old comedian has written and starred in a string of successful movies, but revealed he almost never tried to make it in Hollywood, because there was a time when he saw a regular career that was stable as very desirable.
The 'Anchorman' actor explained: "The stereotype you made fun of as a kid was 'the job in the bank'. But to me that always sounded all right. Nine to five and you know where you're going. You get a decent salary and vacations and get to carry a briefcase. I was fine with that idea."
But Will came to realise that if he didn't "give it a shot" at writing comedy, it would "eat away" at him.
He told the Observer magazine: "But then I also realised at a young age that I loved writing. I was doing little comedy bits. I never had the guts to realise I might be a performer. But by the time I graduated college I knew that thought would eat away at me if I didn't give it a shot."
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