25 Celebrity Jobs Before They Were Famous
Peter Pizagalli
Published
01/13/2015
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Pop Culture
25 not so glamorous jobs that stars worked before they got their big break.
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From 1978 to 1979, Jim Carrey was a janitor at a factory. He said, "We were living out of a van. I quit school at age 15 to begin working to help support my family as a janitor. I'd have a baseball bat on my janitor cart because I was so angry I just wanted to beat the heck out of something." -
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Hugh Jackman used to dress up as a clown for birthday parties. It must have been hard making balloon animals with blades coming out of your hands. -
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Before Amy Adams hit it big, she was a Hooters Girl. -
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Kanye West worked at The Gap. -
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Madonna was a Dunkin' Donuts clerk before she made a break into the music scene and became the Queen of Pop. -
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Gwen Stefani used to work at Dairy Queen. No Doubt she had her fill of Dilly Bars. -
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Brad Pitt used to dress up as a chicken for El Pollo Loco. See? The chicks have always loved him. -
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Barack Obama uses to be a scooper at Baskin-Robbins. -
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Johnny Depp confessed that he was once a really bad pen salesman. -
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Before being mean on the screen, Rachel McAdams was a friendly cashier at McDonalds for three years. "I was not a great employee I broke the orange juice machine one day," she said. -
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Before Channing Tatum was stripping on screen for a lot of money, he was stripping off-screen for a lot less money. -
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Before sitting in the makeup chair herself, Whoopi Goldberg used to be a makeup artist for dead people. Yes, the comedian was once a mortuary beautician. -
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Jon Hamm once was a set-dresser for pornographic films. Oh, and he also taught high school drama. Hopefully not at the same time. -
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Jay-Z was actually a crack dealer before he became a rap titan. -
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Diddy used to clean bathrooms at a Mexican restaurant before hitting it big with Jr. Mafia. -
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Before he was training with Apollo Creed and Mick, Sylvester Stallone was a lion cage cleaner. -
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Long before he was leading 300, Gerard Butler graduated with a law degree and headed to work at a firm. He was fired shortly thereafter and his dreams of making it to the courtroom fell dead. -
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Angelina Jolie was frustrated by the way in which her grandfathers funeral was conducted. So she decided on a career path as a funeral director. She ordered a certificate, but ended up going with the acting route instead. -
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Jon Stewart started his comedy career with puppets. According to the New York Times, After graduating from the College of William and Mary in 1984 with a degree in psychology, he returned to New Jersey where he worked for the state, performing puppet shows designed to sensitize schoolchildren to the disabled. -
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Harrison Ford was a carpenter before becoming a Hollywood icon. He picked up the craft in Los Angeles in the late 60s and eventually found his way into constructing movie sets. -
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George Clooney tried out with the Cincinnati Reds in 1977, but didn't make the cut. -
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Nicole Kidman was a massage therapist. -
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Rod Stewart worked as a gravedigger before becoming a music icon. -
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Patrick Dempsey used to be a professional juggler. He came second in the International Jugglers Competition and the Junior Division in 1982 and 1983. -
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Queen Latifah used to work at Burger King.
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