At the height of his Hollywood career, Stephen Baldwin says he had everything he needed to become a major movie star. Instead, he chose a very different path.
"I probably could have pointed myself in the direction of becoming a big star," Baldwin, 60, told People in an August 2 interview "But that wasn't me. I didn't want to be Tom Cruise, and have to make $100 million at the box office. I'd rather be a schmuck from Massapequa!" he added with a laugh. "I'm good at that!"
After earning acclaim for The Usual Suspects in 1995 and appearing in films including The Flintstones and the cult comedy Bio-Dome, Baldwin said many assumed he would continue climbing the Hollywood ladder. Instead, he found himself pulled in another direction.
His life changed in 2001 after embracing born-again Christianity, a journey he says ultimately led him away from mainstream Hollywood and into ministry.
"Jesus and the Holy Spirit fascinated me," Baldwin told the outlet, recalling how a Christian skateboarding outreach inspired him to launch his own youth ministry. "I felt a calling."
That calling eventually led him to leave the entertainment industry he had spent years building.
"So that's when I left Hollywood," he said after churches across the country began inviting his skate ministry to speak to young people.
Today, Baldwin is producing Christian films, hosting his One Bad Moviepodcast and enjoying life as a husband, father and grandfather. Looking back, he says he has no regrets about choosing a different definition of success.
"I've done 100 movies, I've made more money than I could have wildly imagined, and I'm married to the hottest chick I've ever seen in my life," Baldwin said. "Jesus is my rock. My wife is my anchor."
"I'm happy to be where I'm now at 60," he added. "I'm so blessed. And I absolutely believe that the best is yet to come."
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