Haley Joel Osment Is Not Your Typical Former Child Star

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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When he was 11 years old, actor Haley Joel Osment was nominated for an Oscar. His resume was already long and impressive, but his role as Cole Sear in M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller The Sixth Sense cemented him as an acting prodigy and a big star. Money, fame, and accolades rapidly flew in his direction. But Osment managed to avoid a lot of the common hurdles that early fame can bring. This week, he talks to Anna Sale about the many factors that led to his relatively smooth child star experience and his continued positive outlook in an industry that can be cruel and unpredictable. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate! To support us and our colleagues, please sign up for our membership program, Slate Plus! Members get ad-free podcasts, bonus content on lots of Slate shows, and full access to all the articles on Slate.com. Sign up today at slate.com/dsmplus. And if you’re new to the show, welcome. We’re so glad you’re here. Find us and follow us on Instagram and you can find Anna’s newsletter at annasale.substack.com. Our new email address, where you can reach us with voice memos, pep talks, questions, critiques, is [email protected]. Ad Disclosure in Podcast Description: A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond’s yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond’s YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our Fee Schedule. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. See https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	After the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, if you kept your TV tuned to ABC,
0:07.0	you would have seen an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.
0:10.0	Jimmy decided to assemble a fake panel of commentators to talk about the debate.
0:15.0	One of those panelists was dressed up as J.D. Vance, and the comedian may have looked familiar to you.
0:21.0	Donald Trump will make sure that no one ever eats cats in America again or my name is not
0:27.0	Jeffrey Dahmer Vance.
0:28.8	What?
0:29.8	Whoa, whoa, hey, hey, hey, hey.
0:31.3	Underneath the J.D. Vance costume, you could see the intense blue eyes of
0:35.5	Haley Joel Osman, the former child actor, now fully grown actor. In 1999
0:42.2	Haley became a household name for his starring role in the sixth
0:45.9	sense. He was only 11, but his performance opposite Tony Colette and Bruce Willis was
0:52.1	absolutely packed with pathos and intensity.
0:57.6	I see dead people.
1:05.0	In your dreams, while you're awake, did people like in graves? While you're awake,
1:10.0	did people like in graves and coffins?
1:15.0	Walking around like regular people.
1:19.0	We don't see each other.
1:22.0	They always see what they want to see.
1:25.0	They don't know they're dead.
1:28.0	Haley was nominated for an Oscar for that role.
1:32.0	He lost to Michael Kane, who admitted in his speech that he expected to lose to Haley.
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