Learning Differences

Jewel

Jewel was born in Payson, Utah, into an upper middle class Mormon family. Growing up, she wanted to be a singer, and started taking singing lessons as a teenager, and she released her first album Who Will Save Your Soul...

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey was born in a suburb of Toronto, Canada, into a middle class family. Growing up, Carrey didn’t know what he wanted to do, and worked odd jobs. He then started doing comedy, and has his breakthrough in 1994...

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee, into a middle class family. He started singing at a young age, and in 1995 helped from NSYNC. NSYNC became one of the biggest boy bands, but in 2002 left the band to...

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe was born in London, England, to a middle class family. From the young age of 5, Radcliffe wanted to be an actor, and he found stardom with Harry Potter in 2001. After starring in all the hugely popular...

Mara Wilson

Mara Wilson was born in Burbank, California, into a middle class family. She starting acting at a young age, and had a starring role in Ms. Doubtfire when she was 6. She continued acting, appearing in films like Miracle on...

Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis was born in El Cajon, and adopted by his parents. Louganis didn’t play many sports as a kid, and instead did dance and gymnastics. After going to college for theatre, he was discovered in the Junior Olympics, and...

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in a wealthy family. He didn’t want to be an actor growing up, but during high school, after doing theater he decided he wanted to act. He had his breakthrough role in Swingers,...

Danny Glover

Danny Glover was born in San Francisco, California, to a middle class family. Growing up, Glover didn’t know what he wanted to do, and spent his early life working for the city. However, after finding theater, Glover became a star...

Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek was born in Veracruz, Mexico, in an upper-middle class family. She had her first role in Teresa, a successful telenovela. Since then, she has been in movies like Wild Wild West, Grown Ups, and House of Gucci. She...

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg was born in Manhattan, New York, to a poor family. She wanted to be a performer, and started performing on stages in New York. She appeared in movies like The Color Purple, and today she is a television...