"John Travolta was the next big thing with Saturday Night Fever and Grease. He also did Blow Out with Brian De Palma in '81. Then he coasted through the 80s, doing Look Who's Talking movies, until Quentin Tarantino cast him in Pulp Fiction."

"Bruce Willis in Die Hard really opened up the door for him to finally take Hollywood by storm. He was being typecast before that happened, and it ultimately changed not only Willis’s career but how action movie heroes could be played in general (more everyman, less workout warrior)."

"He went from a disposable rom-com guy to an Oscar winner with Dallas Buyers Club, after basically turning down easy paychecks for a couple of years to hold out for real roles. People literally called it the 'McConaissance.'"

"Ke Huy Quan was a child actor in two famous movies, Indiana Jones and The Goonies. He disappeared or vanished until 30 years later, when he came back and got a Golden Globe and an Academy Award out of nowhere for Everything Everywhere All at Once."

"These days we just see Leslie in Airplane as classic Leslie doing what he does best. He was a comedian at the top of his game, but to think that was his first comedic role after being a dramatic heart-throb type earlier in his life is just mind-blowing."

"His performance in The Wrestler was phenomenal. It was such an honest portrayal of a forgotten segment of society."

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