Sometimes you just have to go where the most opportunities present themselves if you want to make it in big-time show business — and if you want to star in the movies, Los Angeles is the best place to move to by far.
Taylor Lautner moved here from Grand Rapids, Michigan when he was 10 years old so that he could audition for TV commercials. Well, his plan obviously worked.
Born in Nashville, Miley Cyrus now lives in either North Hollywood or Tuluca Lake, depending on which version of Google you choose to believe.
Robert Pattinson just moved to L.A. recently — but that was after he had already become a star in London so I’m not sure he counts.
Born in New York City, Scarlett Johansson has recently moved to Malibu. Does Malibu count as part of Los Angeles? Sure.
As for Shia LaBeouf, he doesn’t count at all because he was freaking born in L.A. — Echo Park to be exact. But his dad was a Cajun. And Shia still lives in Glendale, keeping true to his roots.
Keira Knightley, however, stayed in London and never moved to Los Angeles. Perhaps, however, it might have been better if she did because her London home was recently burglarized as part of a wave of robberies have swept through celebrity homes there.
Zac Ephron moved to Los Angeles from San Luis Obisbo of all places. If you can start out as an actor in that out-of-the-way town, then you can break into show business anywhere — so of course there’s hope for out-lander star-seekers everywhere.
