Kevin Costner is an actor whose career began after he decided to take acting lessons five nights a week while majoring in business at California State University at Fullerton. He graduated with a business degree in 1978 and initially took a marketing job in Orange County. Everything changed when he accidentally met Richard Burton on a flight from Mexico; Burton advised him to go completely after acting if that is what he wanted. He quit his job and moved to Hollywood soon after. He drove a truck, worked on a deep sea fishing boat, and gave bus tours to stars' homes before finally making his own way into the films. After making one soft core sex film, he vowed to not work again if that was the only work he could do. He didn't work for nearly six years, while he waited for a proper break. That break came with The Big Chill (1983), even though his scenes ended up on the cutting room floor -- he was remembered by director Lawrence Kasdan when he decided to make Silverado (1985). Costner's career took off after that.