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Gary Coleman 'would have gotten out' of Hollywood if he knew his 'life would be like this'

Archival footage of Gary Coleman revealed in Peacock's documentary 'Gary' shows that the 'Diff'rent Strokes' star would have opted to have 'a normal life' if he'd known how tough show business is on child stars.

In a revealing segment from an interview with Brad Lemack in 1993, seven years after the cancellation of Diff'rent Strokes, Coleman admitted, "If someone had told me my life would be like this, early enough where I could have gotten out, I would have gotten out. Facing a dearth of acting opportunities and chasing an elusive dream of action movie stardom, Coleman became a security guard in 1997. He rebounded with roles in projects like Church Ball and Robot Chicken in the mid-to-late 2000s, but died in 2010 after a fall in his Provo, Utah, home left him with an intracranial hemorrhage.

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