These Celebrities Empowered Themselves When They Dropped Out Of High School

Diaz Had Her Sights Elsewhere

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The lovely Charlie’s Angels actress Cameron Diaz had bigger dreams that high school couldn’t provide. Diaz went to the same school as Snoop Dogg, Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Diaz decided to leave school behind at sixteen years old and pursue a modeling career.

If it weren’t for her modeling connections at the agency, she might not have gotten her foot in the door with acting. At 22 years old, Diaz got her first significant role in The Mask with Jim Carrey.

Speaking of The Mask, someone else from that film also left high school a little early…