Before They Became Famous

Tom Cruise

Actor Tom Cruise worked as a paperboy for the Louisville Courier-Journal in Kentucky. He also once joined a seminary to become a priest.

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston worked as a telemarketer and waitress before becoming famous.

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt once drove limos and moved refrigerators to sustain needs in his early acting career.

According to IMDB, Pitt also dressed as a giant chicken while working for el Pollo Loco, a restaurant chain known for grilling citrus-marinated chickens in flames.

Jennifer Lopez

J.Lo worked as a back-up dancer for Janet Jackson in the 90s. Before she got her break in a TV show called "In Living Color", she was first rejected twice for the role of a "Fly Girl" dancer.

Jim Carrey

When Jim's family got so broke, they lost their home and lived in a volkswagen van traveling in the campgrounds of Toronto.

At age 16, after dropping out from school, Jim Carrey worked as a janitor.

Jennifer Garner

Who would have thought Jennifer Garner used to be a hostess at Isabella's Restaurant in the upper west side of New York before she became famous.

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp's early life was said to be rebellious because of vandalism and narcotics. He was a drop out at 15. It was when Johnny, at 20, married Lorie Ann Allison that he, somewhat, started taking life seriously wanting to support himself and his wife by taking a job as ballpoint-pen salesman.

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock took several jobs before making it big. She was paid as a bartender, cocktail waitress, and coat checker.

Hugh Jackman

Before Hugh Jackman made his way to fame, he used to be a clown for kids' birthday parties for over three years.

Madonna

When Madonna was still an infamous ordinary person, she had worked at a Dunkin' Donuts store in New York and got dismissed for squirting the donut jelly over the customers.