Renee Zellweger fame was surprise!

Renee Zellweger didn’t intend to become a household name.

The Bridget Jones’s Diary actress who just split from boyfriend Bradley Cooper only moved to Los Angeles because there was so little work where she lives and didn’t expect to go on to have such a glittering career.

“I have never had those thoughts,” Renee said of becoming famous.

“I moved to L.A. because I just ran out of things to do. If Austin Studios had been here at the time, I might not have gone anywhere.

“I felt really lucky to be a glorified extra on ‘Dazed and Confused’.

“I learned so much about how a film set works and how it breaks down into different departments and what your responsibilities are as a performer when you are participating in a collaborative effort.”