Former youngster actor Jonathan Lipnicki’s profession didn’t go within the course he wished.
Lipnicki rose to fame within the late Nineties and early 2000s for his movie roles in “Jerry Maguire,” “Like Mike,” “Stuart Little” and its sequel, and his TV position in “Dawson’s Creek.”
However in a brand new interview with Folks, Lipnicki revealed his profession has taken a devastating profession in maturity.
“It’s totally fine to say I’m not where I want to be career-wise,” Lipnicki mentioned, which he’s “all right” with for now.
“Everything we’re doing in this life is nearly impossible,” he continued. “This is the thing I want to do for the rest of my life, and I think you just have to believe it’s going to happen and do everything in your power to take action in the right direction.”
The “Little Vampire” star acknowledged that his grownup profession has been “half-and-half where there are some things that were really good and nobody saw them.”
He mentioned that whereas he’s had no “regrets” he’s rather more “careful” in regards to the roles he chooses at present.
“To be quite honest, I said no to about five movies in the last year,” Lipnicki shared. “I just really want to turn this ship around.”
The actor added, “And I pray every night for clarity on where I need to go, and I’m confident the best is yet to come for me. And I think you just have to believe that. If you’re going to pursue this, you’re doing yourself a disservice not to dream big.”
In the previous few years, Lipnicki has been in a number of quick movies that weren’t widespread. He additionally starred within the 2024 slasher movie “Camp Pleasant Lake” which has a 20% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
His newest gig on the prank sequence “The Joe Schmo Show” was “outside his comfort zone” and “a step in the right direction,” Lipnicki advised Folks.
“As an actor growing up in this industry, you want to be on your best behavior, and I got to be on my worst,” he shared.
Lipnicki famously performed Renée Zellweger’s son in 1996’s “Jerry Maguire,” starring alongside Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kelly Preston, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt and Regina King.
He additionally starred because the eldest Little son within the 1999 “Stuart Little” film and the 2002 sequel.
On “Dawson’s Creek,” Lipnicki performed Buzz Thompson, a 9-year-old who’s deserted by his father and turns into mentored by Pacey (Joshua Jackson).
