Josh Brolin said he wasn’t taken seriously as an actor until 2007’s Oscar-winning "No Country for Old Men" – and in the years before landing the movie, he had a short career as a full-time stock trader.The 58-year-old son of actor James Brolin told Theo Von on his "This Past Weekend" podcast that despite early success on "The Goonies," his career in Hollywood was going nowhere.Before he was cast as Brand in "The Goonies," he said he went on "350 auditions" and people told him, "It's not for you."'LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE' STAR SAYS CHILD ACTORS GET 'DROPPED' AFTER HOLLYWOOD FAME FADESJosh Brolin said he worked as a stock trader full-time in his 30s when his Hollywood career was floundering.(Getty Images)He said the '80s classic was his first time ever in front of a camera, admitting,"I ruined the first day of shooting 'cause I couldn’t stop laughing" because he was so nervous.Steven Spielberg told him to "take a breath" on the first day, because "we need to get through this."GOLDIE HAWN SOUNDS THE ALARM ON CHILDHOOD CELEBRITY CULTURE: 'ALL I CAN SAY IS IT'S A NIGHTMARE'Soon after making "The Goonies," he went to New York to study acting and do theater.
He said that he "took it seriously," and he "had 22 years of taking it seriously because nobody was interested until really I did ‘No Country,’ and then ‘No Country’ kind of changed s---."AdvertisementDuring that period, Brolin said he worked as a landscaper for a year and then became a stock trader when he was 30 "for almost five years full-time.""I was really good at it," he admitted, explaining that he worked from home using three screens, "four tabs per screen."LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSJosh Brolin, center, stands with the cast of "The Goonies." (Getty Images)He said he did both swing trading and day trading.BRAD PITT, MARGOT ROBBIE WORKED FAST FOOD JOBS AS EVA LONGORIA SAYS ‘EVERY KID NEEDS TO'"I made more money in those four years, really … than I had...