Editing Michael Pitt (section)

==Early life==
Pitt was born in [[West Orange, New Jersey]],<ref name="allmovie" /><ref>via [[Associated Press]] [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/17/entertainment/main6876839.shtml "HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire:' A Dramatic Getaway – New Series Brings Prohibition-Era Atlantic City, N.J., to Life with Historical Accuracy, Lavish Detail"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918063531/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/17/entertainment/main6876839.shtml |date=2010-09-18 }}, [[CBS News]], September 19, 2010. Accessed October 25, 2015. "Inevitably noted for his baby face, arresting blue eyes and pouty, pillowy lips, the 29-year-old West Orange, N.J., native seized on acting because, 'I liked the attention. And it kind of evolved into a craft, a skill, which was a positive thing in my life. Then I came to New York. I never really left.'"</ref> the son of Donald B. Pitt, an auto mechanic, and Eleanor Carol (née DeMaio) Pitt, a waitress.<ref name="delawareonline.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/entertainment/0001/01/01/michael-pitts-origins-examines-science-religion/13159809/|title=Michael Pitt's 'I Origins' examines science, religion|first=Amy|last=Longsdorf|website=The News Journal|access-date=2020-07-25|archive-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204145213/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/entertainment/0001/01/01/michael-pitts-origins-examines-science-religion/13159809/|url-status=live}}</ref> He has two older sisters and one older brother. Pitt is of Italian and Irish heritage on his mother's side, and of English descent on his father's. By age 16, Pitt had been to three or four high schools, among them [[Morris Catholic High School]],<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1265/images/sid_7514_1996_0083?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=187555618] {{dead link|date=October 2021}}</ref> and was in "special classes" before ultimately dropping out. He also did a brief stint at the Essex County Youth House, a [[youth detention center]].<ref name="Meet Mr. Pitt and the Missus">{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2009/06/meet-mr-pitt-and-the-missus/|title=Meet Mr. Pitt and the Missus!|website=[[The New York Observer]] |date=June 2, 2009|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719070203/https://observer.com/2009/06/meet-mr-pitt-and-the-missus/|url-status=live}}</ref>