Vin Diesel made his stage debut at age seven when he appeared in the children's play Dinosaur Door, written by Barbara Garson. The play was produced at Theater for the New City in New York's Greenwich Village. Vin Diesel's involvement in the play came about when he, his brother and some friends had broken into Theater for the New City's space on Jane Street with the intent to vandalize it. They were confronted by the Theater's Artistic Director, Crystal Field, who instead of calling the police, handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. Vin Diesel remained involved with the theatre throughout adolescence, going on to attend the city's Hunter College, where his creative writing studies led him to begin screenwriting. Vin Diesel became an active film-maker in the early 1990s, first earning notice for the short film Multi-Facial, which was selected for screening at the 1995 Cannes Festival. Vin Diesel has identified himself as a "multi-faceted" actor as a result of early difficulties finding roles due to his mixed heritage. 
Zac Efron has said that he would "flip out" if he got a "B" and not an "A" in school, and has also described himself as having been a class clown. Although self-described as not academically gifted, Zac Efron remained focused enough to achieve an overall GPA of 4.3. Zac Efron's father encouraged him to begin acting when Efron was 11-years-old. Zac Efron subsequently appeared in theater productions at his high school, worked in a theater called The Great American Melodrama and Vaudeville, and began taking singing lessons. Zac Efron performed in plays such as Gypsy; Peter Pan, Or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up; Little Shop of Horrors; and The Music Man. Zac Efron was recommended to an agent in Los Angeles by his drama teacher, Robyn Metchik (the mother of actors Aaron Michael Metchik and Asher Metchik). Zac Efron was later signed to the Creative Artists Agency.
Jessica Alba expressed interest in acting since the age of five. In 1992, the 11-year-old Alba persuaded her mother to take her to an acting competition in Beverly Hills, California whose grand prize was free acting classes. Jessica Alba won the grand prize, and took her first acting lessons. An agent signed Alba nine months later. Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature Camp Nowhere as Gail. Jessica Alba was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two-month job in a leading role when one of the prominent actresses dropped out.
In 1998, Jenny McCarthy starred in BASEketball. In 1999, Jenny McCarthy starred in Diamonds, a movie which was directed by her husband John Mallory Asher. The next year, Jenny McCarthy appeared in the horror movie Scream 3. Since 2001, McCarthy has guest starred in such shows as Stacked, Charmed, The Drew Carey Show, Wings, Fastlane, and Just Shoot Me!.
In a 2008 CNN interview, Melyssa Ford said that when making music videos she often asked herself whether she was "perpetuating a negative stereotype" about black women. When Melyssa Ford was asked whether music videos, overall, are "demeaning to women", Ford replied, "Yes, I definitely have to say that."
