Stuart Little and Jerry Maguire star Jonathan Lipnicki says he stopped acting as 'he wasn't very good'

However, fast forward a few years to 2010 and he pretty much disappeared from the big screen despite loving acting. 

Now, Lipnicki has shared some details about why he took a break from the big screen.

"Or if they're a child actor or whatever, they took time off. I did take time off, in the sense that it wasn't the only priority I had. But I didn't work because I just didn't work. I didn't really get any roles for a while.

"I'm honest about that. And it was because [I] wasn't a very good actor at one point.

"Because the great thing about being young, a kid, is there's this nice inherent childlike wonder. And that's why a lot of kids you see are quite talented. And filters come in and you become nervous…or the world comes into play.

"And so for me, I went from just doing the natural thing to trying to be like my favourite actors."

But Lipnicki refused to give up on his career of choice and while attending high school, he also picked up some acting classes - which must have come as a bit of a shock to the rest of his class, given that he’d previously managed to bag himself roles alongside stars such as Tom Cruise and Michael J. Fox. 

Through studying acting, Lipnick said he began to fall in love with stage acting and has appeared in numerous theatre productions; he has recently turned his hand to writing, too. 

Looking ahead, Lipnicki is working on a couple of upcoming projects, including indie horror flick Camp Lake Pleasant and comedy The Re-Education of Molly Singer.