A sitcom star-turned delivery driver is getting candid about people dismissing actors who work regular jobs. Danny Pintauro starred as a child on the sitcom Who's the Boss. Recently, he has been working as an Amazon Flex driver.
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He told Fox News that he "did not expect the photo to become anything, especially not as big of a story as it has become."
"I'm not surprised that the more curious, of course, there's always been this sort of fascination with actors working regular jobs and sort of people reading into that, and a lot of times it's sort of looked at as like a downfall, but I think we've moved away from that," Pintauro told the outlet.
"I feel like people have really connected to the story, which I really love, but I think that that connection is partly because we all know what it means to do what we've got to do, especially in this economy, at this time," he also added.
Pintauro left acting after being a child star on the sitcom and other projects. However, in 2022, he returned to acting for Lifetime's A Country Christmas Harmony.
Sitcom Star Turned Delivery Driver
"I think 10 years of really exploring my demons. And getting rid of some of the childhood actor stuff that had come up over the years, and just sort of figuring out who I am, and how I am as an adult, I had finally reached a place where I really was comfortable there," Pintauro also shared with Fox.
The sitcom also dismissed the idea that he has residuals from his previous projects.
"People always assume that if they recognize you, you must be financially set for your life, and that's just not how it works," he said. "There's this very inflated idea of what residuals, especially residuals from that era from the '80s, looked like we were working in a television model that, like DVD compilations, didn't exist, so there's nothing in the contract to stipulate what to do if that should come up."
"A lot of people think that every time it airs, I'm getting money from that airing, but that's not the case," he continued. "The money that did come in from the show was great, but I used a hefty amount of that to pay for Stanford, and then supporting myself for the years after the show ended, so you know there just isn't a pile of money sitting around these days."
