I never planned to become an actor: Channing Tatum
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Los
Angeles:
Actor
Channing
Tatum,
who
admits
he
was
never
a
good
student,
says
he
never
even
planned
to
become
an
actor.
Tatum
says
he
struggled
to
choose
from
various
career
options
like
getting
into
military,
becoming
a
footballer
and
veterinarian,
before
he
entered
Hollywood.
"To
be
honest,
I
didn't
have
a
college
education,
so
I
would
have
settled
on
any
career
that
made
some
sort
of
money
that
was
respectful.
I
never
planned
on
being
an
actor.
I
definitely
never
planned
on
being
a
model," femalefirst.co.uk
quoted
Tatum
as
saying.
"You
think
about
a
lot
of
things
-
the
military.
I
never
really
entertained
going
into
the
military,
but
when
you
are
18
and
you
decide
not
to
go
to
college,
you
definitely
ask
a
lot
of
questions,"
he
said.
During
his
Hollywood
innings,
the
33-year-old
has
enjoyed
stratospheric
success
in
Hollywood
with
movies
such
as
Magic
Mike
and
21
Jump
Street.
He
admits
he
enjoyed
working
as
a
vet.
"I
always
loved
animals.
I
worked
at
a
puppy,
kitty
nursery
in
Tampa,
Florida,
for
about
a
year
or
something.
At
that
time,
I
thought
maybe
I
should
get
a
job
as
a
vet
tech.
I
thought
maybe
I'd
go
to
a
tech
school
for
that.
I
just
really
don't
like
school.
I
am
not
good
at
it
-
especially
at
that
time
in
my
life,"
he
added.
However,
he
was
very
keen
to
"figure
out"
what
he
must
do.
"I
wish
certain
things
in
football
happened
differently,
but
it
is
what
it
is.
I
definitely
knew
I
wasn't
going
to
go
into
the
pros.
It
just
ran
its
course
for
me.
But
I
am
happy
that
I
got
on
with
my
life.
You
don't
learn
anything
by
winning
all
the
time,"
he
added.
Now,
the
star
is
happy.
He
welcomed
his
first
child
-
daughter
Everly,
with
wife
Jenna
Dewan-Tatum
last
month
and
said
he
was
by
her
side
throughout
the
labour.
"I
was
there
for
the
whole
thing.
That
was
the
most
amazing
thing
I
have
ever
experienced
in
my
life,"
he
said.
(IANS)