When I was little, I used to believe that the names of the charactors an actor played on tv were their real names and the names showned in the credites didn't have anything to do with the actor.I growned out of it some years ago and came to learned that the names showned in the credites are the actors real names.
A childhood belief about tv

others believed things like this
- At the age of around five, I realized that my mum's and dad's names were not mum and dad!— yelloworpurple
- I used to believe my parents names were mom and dad till i was 9— Sophiae
- As my parents had given me a name, I thought that it was up to me to give them names tooAnon
- When I was very young, I believed that my parents actual names were "mum" and "dad". — Margo
- I used to believe that India and Indonesia were right next to each other since their names sounded alikeAnon
- I used to wander what my name would be in other languages. I thought that names worked the same way as words. — Simon