where did paul rudd go to high school?
Shawnee Mission West High School
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 Hamm has known actor Paul Rudd for many years , and visited him in Hollywood in 1992 . Not wishing to stay in a " normal career " , Hamm moved to Los Angeles permanently in 1995 with an automobile and $ 150 . He moved into a house with four other aspiring actors and began working as a waiter while attending auditions . He acted in theatre , including as Flavius in a production of Shakespeare 's Timon of Athens with the Sacred Fools Theater Company . 

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 Actor Taylor Kitsch graduated from Gleneagle Secondary in 1999 , and went on to star in movies such as John Carter and Battleship , and the television series Friday Night Lights . 

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 He decided to pursue a career in film . After attending two other film schools , he graduated from Full Sail University in another Central Florida town , Winter Park , as the class valedictorian . He moved to Southern California and began working as a story editor , primarily doing uncredited rewrites . 

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 A total of 94 colleges approached Fuld after high school , and he chose to attend Stanford University . He was an economics major there , ultimately graduating in 2004 with a 3 @.@ 15 GPA . He was a star two @-@ time All @-@ American , record @-@ setting 4 @-@ year starter in center field for the Cardinal , playing alongside future major leaguers Carlos Quentin and Jed Lowrie . 

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 Hawke obtained his mother 's permission to attend his first casting call at age 14 . He secured his first film role in 1985 's Explorers , in which he played an alien @-@ obsessed schoolboy alongside River Phoenix . The film received favorable reviews but had poor box office revenues , a failure which Hawke has admitted caused him to quit acting for a brief period after the film 's release . Hawke later described the disappointment as difficult to bear at such a young age , adding " I would never recommend that a kid act . " His next film appearance was not until 1989 's comedy drama Dad , where he played Ted Danson 's son and Jack Lemmon 's grandson . 
