I used to believe kids in movies and shows were chosen from talent shows held at schools or were just found in public because they looked like who they wanted to play a character. Took me a long time to learn about these people called "agents" from something called a "talent agency".
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the people who got shot in TV shows where people who wanted to die.Anon
- When I was a kid, I wondered why they called it "public hair" when it was so private.Anon
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to wonder why so many cops in movies were called "Lieutenant" as a christian name.— chris
- I used to think princesses are only in TV shows— i'm weird
- Different televisions contain different TV shows.— IMMarkotron