First jobs are anything but glamorous, and certain A-listers can attest to this, wanna know the first jobs of some Hollywood legends, take a look....
We've
scoured the web looking for the weirdest stints out there, and these
celebrities have certainly paid there dues. Megan Fox used to dress up
as a banana; Whoopi Goldberg was a phone sex operator; and Brad Pitt was
a limo driver for strippers.
The good news is, we know they all made it to stardom. So, no need to feel too sorry for them.
Rod Stewart was a gravedigger
Before
Stewart charmed audiences with his British accent, he worked as a
gravedigger at Highgate Cemetery in London during his teens.
According
to "Rod Stewart: The New Biography," he hoped working at the cemetery
would rationalize his fear of dying: "He had suffered from nightmares
about death from a very early age and so thought, as an impressionable
teenager, that perhaps getting as close as he could to death, actually
digging out holes to be filled by real bodies, he could rid himself of
that fear."
Christopher Walken was a lion tamer
At
the age of fifteen, Walken joined a traveling circus and was briefly a
lion tamer. He's modest about his lion-taming days; he claims Sheba, the
lion, was very old and "really more like a dog."
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Sylvester Stallone was a lion cage cleaner
We're
not sure who had it worse: Walken, who tamed a lazy lion, or Stallone,
who cleaned up after them. While waiting for his acting career to take
off, the Rambo actor cleaned up lion cages at the Central Park Zoo.
Jon Hamm was a set dresser for porn films
Hamm's
early off-screen job wasn't as glamorous as the 1960s "Mad Men" days.
Hamm, who stresses that the porn he designed sets for was strictly
soft-core, said it was an easy way to earn a few hundred a day.
"Essentially,
I had to move furniture around sweaty, naked people. It wasn't a great
job but the money was useful," he said. "I had to get by—I wanted to be
an actor."
Whoopie Goldberg was a mortuary beautician and phone sex operator
The
56-year old comedian and actress took a job as a mortuary beautician
after she became a licensed beautician. Her boss played a welcoming
prank on her by pretending to be dead and sitting upright to wave at
her. “That’s the worst thing that could ever happen to you here, and it
won’t," he told her. "So there’s nothing to be scared of."
During
a segment of "The View" she also mentioned briefly working as a phone
sex operator. "When I was younger, the money was great," she said. "See
now, people would know my voice."
Orlando Bloom was a clay trapper
Bloom's
first job was a clay trapper at age 13 at a pigeon shooting range. Clay
trappers load and aim clay discs used as targets for shooters.
Hugh Jackman was a party clown
Jackman's natural
comedian tendencies would make him the perfect candidate for a party
clown. At about $50 per show, he's come a long way.
"I just love
making a fool out of myself," he said. "I made my living as a clown at
kids' parties for about three years. I was Coco the Clown and I had no
magic tricks and I remember a six-year-old standing up at a party saying
'Mummy this clown is terrible, he doesn't know any tricks' - and he was
right."
Patrick Dempsey was a professional juggler
One
of Dempsey's first jobs was juggling for money. When he was 15, he
competed in the International Jugglers' Association and came in second
to then eight-year-old Anthony Gatto, who went on to set numerous
records and perform in Cirque du Soleil.
Here's a video
of him dancing and juggling at 18 years old in a music video. Dempsey
also showed off his juggling talents on ABC and Rachel Ray.
Matthew McConaughey was a chicken coop cleaner
While
McConaughey was living in Australia as a Rotary exchange student, he
earned money by cleaning chicken coops. On the side, he washed dishes as
well. Still, he doesn't regret his odd-end jobs while traveling. “Those
types of trips are really ones that leave a lasting impression," he
says.
Brad Pitt was a chicken mascot and a limo driver for strippers
Pitt
may be one of Hollywood's leading men, but once upon a time, he was
nothing more than a chicken. His first employer was El Pollo Loco (Crazy
Chicken) and he had to dress as a chicken, hand out flyers, and attract
customers to the restaurant.
During the same year, as he
struggled to become an actor, he chauffeured strippers in a limousine.
"My job was to drive them to bachelor parties and things," he told
People magazine. "I'd pick them up, and at the gig I'd collect the
money, play the bad Prince tapes and catch the girls' clothes."
Warren Beatty was a rodent catcher
Most
famous for his role in Bonnie & Clyde, to say that Beatty got his
start in theatre is putting it lightly. When the actor was 17 he got his
first job at the National Theatre in Washington—patrolling alleys at
night to spot any mice.
Matt Damon was a breakdancer
It
is rumored that, as a student at Harvard, Damon used to breakdance for
cash at Harvard Square. Though many sources claim this is true, Damon
insists that this is a rumor started by friend Casey Affleck. Affleck
abides by his story, and talk show hosts have been asking Damon to spin
on his head ever since.
Mick Jagger was a porter at a mental hospital
Long
before joining the Rolling Stones, this rocker carried around luggage
at the Bexley Mental Hospital while he was a student at the London
School of Economics. He earned about 90 shillings per week (equivalent
to almost 7 U.S dollars—worth roughly $52 during 1961).
Ellen DeGeneres was an oyster shucker
The
outspoken talk show host has had her share of menial jobs, including
house painter, vacuum salesperson, bartender, waitress, and sales
clerk—but the most notable is an oyster shucker. Oyster shucking
involves opening the shell of the oyster with a knife.
In "Ellen:
A Biography," DeGeneres is quoted as saying, "When you live in New
Orleans, you're bound to be an oyster shucker, aren't ya?"
Jon Stewart was a puppeteer
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."
He also held jobs as a shelf stocker at Woolworth’s, a busboy, and a caterer.
Mariah Carey was a hat checker
Like
many other rising celebs, Carey worked many jobs, one of them being a
hat checker. According to IMBD, Carey "stated that she got fired from
all her jobs because of her attitude and was concentrating on becoming a
[backup] singer and mixing demos."
Channing Tatum was a stripper
Since
the release of the film "Magic Mike," more is being revealed about
Tatum's stripper days. Dropping out of college, he went by the alias of
Chan Crawford in Florida.
Perhaps it's no coincidence that Magic
Mike's main character is an entrepreneur by day and exotic dancer by
night. His former stripper co-workers are coming forward with claims
that he stole their stripper moves.
Megan Fox was a banana mascot
One
of Hollywood's vixens was once a banana. The actress/model used to wear
a banana costume to attract customers to a smoothie shop in Florida.
On
the Ellen DeGeneres show, she admitted that it was the only real job
she had. As a joke, DeGeneres had a man dressed as a banana sneak up
from behind and scare her.
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