He was working as a carpenter when he ended up reading lines for Star Wars auditions.A chance meeting at a hotel bar led to his breakout role in Dazed and Confused.A talent scout approached him at a bar in Iowa and encouraged him to enter a modeling contest.An agent spotted her performing in her school Christmas play when she was eight.She didn’t win her TV singing competition, but she went on to win an Oscar in her first film.He was working as a prop man at a film studio when a director noticed him.She was working in a wartime factory when an army photographer snapped her picture.A photographer spotted her on a beach in Colombia.He moved to Los Angeles to be a musician, and a friend suggested he try acting instead.A talent agent approached her in a pizza parlor when she was about ten.A model scout spotted him, and a dance gig in a music video helped kick off his career.A talent scout noticed her on the street during a family trip to New York.A talent agent spotted her while she was arguing with a bank teller about cashing a check.
