Jennifer Aniston was discouraged from acting by her dad.

The 56-year-old movie star has been one of the world's highest-paid actresses for years, but Jennifer was actually discouraged from acting by her dad John Aniston, who previously starred on the hit TV drama show Days of Our Lives.

Speaking on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, Jennifer shared: "My dad was telling me, please don't do this. You're just going to suffer rejection."

John actually studied at a medical school in Greece before he switched his focus towards acting. And Jennifer jokingly added: "Yeah. You're gonna end up in Greece anyway. Go get a real job. All the cliche things."

Jennifer observed that John played Victor Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives for 37 years, until his death in 2022.

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