Angelina Jolie wasn’t exactly dying to become an actress.

In fact, the Oscar winner had considered other career paths before entering Hollywood—like funeral director.

"Doesn’t it make sense though?" Jolie teased during her December 2024 appearance on The Tonight Show, her first late-night appearance in about a decade. "My grandfather died, and I remembered thinking this is not how they should be. This should be a celebration of life. And since I’m not afraid of death and I was comfortable with it, I thought this would be a great career path for me. I could make this better. I could do a thing here. It’s my fallback career now."