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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Ashton Kutcher is known

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Speaker 1: as an actor who parlayed his success into smart financial investments,

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Speaker 1: largely in tech, that eventually made him way more money

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Speaker 1: than his career on screen. But the reality is Ashton's

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Speaker 1: feet were always firmly planted in science and tech long

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Speaker 1: before he was famous. He tells the Viva law Stool podcast.

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Speaker 1: I went to school to study biochemical engineering. I wanted

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Speaker 1: to be a geneticist. I also learned how to computer

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Speaker 1: code in about I also did every junior in high

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Speaker 1: school play, was in the Thespian Society, competing in acting competitions.

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Speaker 1: I always wanted to be an actor, but I was

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Speaker 1: in Iowa and one day some lady came out to

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Speaker 1: me and asked me if I had ever thought about

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Speaker 1: being a model. I said no, but I wanted to.

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Speaker 1: Actually said this could be a way into that. He

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Speaker 1: was right. He got work as a model, which led

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Speaker 1: to a student film and a pizza commercial and an

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Speaker 1: audition for That seventy Show, and the rest is history.

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Speaker 1: He's on Netflix with Reese Witherspoon. You'll Place Your Mind

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Speaker 1: is out now Direct from Hollywood