What 25 of your favorite celebrities were like in high school

Of course Bryan Cranston participated in his high school's chemistry club.

The actor starred as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher-turned-meth-industry-kingpin, in AMC's critical darling "Breaking Bad."

We found other celebrities' pasts less predictable.

Basketball star George Clooney tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, Tom Cruise studied at a Catholic seminary, and James Franco interned at Lockheed Martin.

But there were a few common threads: A lot of them spent time in the principal's office, and most of them knew from the start that they wanted to take over Hollywood.

Check out what 25 celebrities were like in high school: