What TV and films get wrong about these common jobs

Unrealistic and exaggerated

Stars Insider

12/02/24 | StarsInsider

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Some of us have learned much of what we know (or think we know) through films and TV. Maybe we've even had childhood inspiration to try and follow a career path because of an actor's portrayal of a lawyer, a doctor, or a teacher.

But how realistic are these representations? Do they ring true, or are they all phony? To tell us the whole truth, a Reddit thread posed the question, "What do movies get wrong about your job?" Luckily, a group of people who actually do these jobs in the real world decided to give some feedback. 

Click through the gallery and see if these jobs sound better or worse than you imagined!

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