Noah Beck Admits Paychecks from Acting Will Take 'Weight Off' in His Personal Life — Here's Why

Noah Beck's hustle doesn't stop.

While the actor on the rise made his movie debut playing a star football player in Quarterback: A QB and Me, there's a particular quality of his athlete character on the screen that aligns with Beck in real life: his grind.

Beck, who rose to stardom as a content creator on TikTok in 2020, is proving that he's got more in store for the millions of fans and followers he's amassed across social media since going viral four years ago. Now, he opens up to PEOPLE about his big plans as an entertainer.

Prior to venturing into the acting space, the 23-year-old multi-hyphenate attracted an unimaginable amount of viewers to his short-form video content that primarily consisted of trending dances, collaborative skits with popular creators and lip-syncs to the hottest sounds online.

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In mid-2020, Beck joined the Sway House (dubbed the "One Direction of TikTok"), an elite group that became a breeding ground for content creation alongside other viral stars like Josh Richards, Bryce Hall and Jaden Hossler. At the time, it rivaled the Charli D'Amelio-led hub, the Hype House.

Beck, along with his fellow creators basking in viral success, rode the wave of overnight fame and kept the momentum going in the years that followed. Their engagement increased, and so did their fanbase — along with modeling opportunities for luxury labels and brand deals galore.

Pivoting to film wasn't necessarily the plan for Beck, who tells PEOPLE his "dream" was always to be "a soccer player." He explains, "Professional soccer was plan A and there was really no plan B... Growing up, I didn't really know anything other than that in terms of what I wanted to do."

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That was until acting "popped" into his mind, despite knowing "nothing about it" and having to start from "ground zero." Now having a taste, Beck — who dropped out of University of Portland (where he played D1 soccer) when COVID-19 hit — now toggles with his future in social media full-time.

"I think there will be a time where I won't become as reliant on it and I won't feel like I need to to stay relevant, if you will, to keep the views coming... the paychecks coming in," he tells PEOPLE. "I hope that acting can take some of that weight off."

Beck shared insight into the newfound, unprecedented world of full-time content creation, navigating how to make a living for himself successfully. "You're your own kind of boss," he says of working in social media.

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"It's your own hours... and you can choose to make content today, you can choose not to," he continues. "And that, at times, can be a bit exhausting."

Comparing his untraditional career to that of acting, Beck couldn't help but point out the benefits of this newly-entered field. "With acting, you check in and then you check out. It's a job... and I like the idea of having the structure," he realizes.

As for whether he'd put social media content creation in the past for good? Beck doesn't see that for himself, though he envisions a life that allows him to flex his creativity in various spaces and enjoy at the same time.

"I think best of both worlds is my answer to that," he says of picking one or the other. "I would love to continue to work as an actor and have fun with social media on the flip side."

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Acting, meanwhile, is an avenue that Beck is now passionate about pursuing further since capturing the hearts of viewers with his lead role as bad boy Drayton in the Tubi original film that premiered on Nov. 30. Though, he's aware that landing gigs "is not always up to you" whether you want it or not.

"I'm not naive to the fact that it is one of those things where I would love to continue doing and I'll keep working on my craft and I'll keep being a student to it," Beck says. "And if the right role comes or if I book something, I will be happy to do it."

He adds, "I genuinely fell in love with it through this project. So yeah, I really hope that there's acting in my future."

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