Movie stars – What Did They Do before They Became Stars?

 

Long before your favorite celebrities achieved the heights of stardom, majority of them had rather ordinary jobs to support themselves. They might live the life of the glamorous and rich now but it was not always this way.

Here is what your favorite celebrities did before they became stars:

Brad Pitt:

After Brad Pitt dropped out of school to become an actor, he drove exotic dancers, delivered refrigerators around in a limo and also danced around in a chicken suit for el Pollo Loco.

Johnny Depp:

Johnny Depp worked for a solicitor as a telemarketer and sold name printed ballpoints over the phone.

Hugh Jackman:

Jackman worked as gym teacher and party clown before he became a Broadway star and superhero.

Melissa McCarthy:

Melissa McCarthy worked multiple jobs to pay bills before her days of fame. She worked at the YMCA and as a barista.

George Clooney:

Before finding success, Clooney had a string of jobs. He worked in a ladies’ shoe store, sold door-to-door insurance and also as a tobacco farm hand.

Sandra Bullock:

Sandra Bullock worked as a waitress and a bartender in New York during the early stages of her career.

Gerard Butler:

A law degree-holder from Glasgow University, Gerard Butler left his law career to become a casting assistant and landed his first role as lead in Coriolanus.

Jennifer Aniston:

The famous FRIENDS lead actor Jennifer Aniston before hitting it big, worked as a telemarketer and bike messenger to make ends meet. She also used to work as a waitress while going for auditions.

Rene Russo:

Rene Russo dropped out of school in the tenth grade to help her single mother. She worked multiple jobs which was also included working as a cashier in a movie theatre. Russo also worked as an inspector at an eye glass factory.

Halle Berry:

Halle Berry used to work in the Children’s Department at Higbee’s Department Store while studying broadcast journalism. After being successful in number of beauty contests, Berry moved to NY to pursue a career in acting. .