FoxNews: ‘Jerry Maguire’ star’s nursing career gave her ‘perspective’ before tackling Hollywood

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'Jerry Maguire' star's nursing career gave her 'perspective' before tackling Hollywood

"Jerry Maguire" actress Bonnie Hunt stars in the Christmas action comedy "Red One," and says her nursing experience has guided her Hollywood career....                        ...                        ...                            ...Before Bonnie Hunt appeared in films like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and "The Green Mile," she had a much different career.......In a recent interview with You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginHunt said, "This business can make you so self-obsessed, so insecure and reveal that you are pompous or a narcissist."......But her work as an oncology nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in her native Chicago has kept her grounded after five decades in Hollywood.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"The one gift patients always give me is perspective," she told the outlet. "They let me in when they're facing their own mortality."......During her time as a nurse, Hunt founded an improv comedy troupe, An Impulsive Thing, and then auditioned for and landed a role in her first film, 1988's "Rain Man," starring You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and Dustin Hoffman.......She went on to star in films like "Beethoven," "Jumanji," and "Cheaper by the Dozen," as well as lending her voice to the "Cars" series and directing and co-writing the David Duchovony film "Return to Me."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Hunt told the Post she purposefully sticks with more You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login as a result of her nursing experience......."On purpose, I was very selective," the 63-year-old said. "I wanted to do things that were more timeless and could be seen by entire families. I really did, that's why I went into show business."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......She continued, "You can watch some story together as a family and escape your worries, your heartache, it's medicinal in a way and that's what drove me."......Hunt currently stars in the Christmas action comedy "Red One," with Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, a mismatched duo tasked with saving Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons)....

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