You may be seeing your favorite celebrities’ every day and reveling in their personal lives unraveling on media in news, entertainment shows, and the internet. You may be a hardcore fan of many but even while you love seeing them in their favorite roles, little does anyone wonder about what they did in the days before becoming stars. As ordinary people what type of jobs and lives they must have led when starting out on their careers. Read on to know more about the type of jobs celebrities worked in before they made it big.
Steve Buscemi wasn’t just a firefighter in his younger days, he also returned to his old unit to take part in the rescue activities in the aftermath of 9/11. Buscemi took a civil test in 1976 when he was 18 and served on Engine Company 55 of the FDNY (fire department New York) for 4 years. He returned to his old company after 911 and worked 12-hour shifts helping firefighters sift through the rubble of the WTC.
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Christopher Walken was only 16 when he worked in a circus as a lion tamer. He would perform with a lioness named Sheba. Of course he was quite attractive at the time and was stated as saying that the lion had a habit of bumping his leg like a cat.
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When he was young Danny Devito had a weird job. He was a hairdresser for corpses and it was his job to make them look good and presentable for the funeral. One can well imagine how traumatic a job that must have been.
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Can you imagine Harrison Ford as a carpenter??Not only that his carpentry services were hired by none other than Francis Ford Coppola who also gave him a small role in the movies Apocalypse now and The Conversation.
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Christopher Lee tried very hard to gain active duty in the army. After clearing all test for a stint in the RAF, his first solo flight ended in disaster because he suffered a vision failure and was diagnosed with problems of the optical nerve. That ended his flying career before it began but Lee persisted until he was made an intelligence officer in the RAF.
Lee saw active intelligence duty during the second world WarII and was shifted several times throughout Egypt and Italy where he was attached to the SAS and helped in reconnaissance and provide details for planned assaults and invasions including the battle of Monte Cassino in 1944 where he spent most of his time with the 8th Indian Gorkha infantry division. He spoke fluent German and was also instrumental in tracking down German war criminals.
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Among the first jobs celebrities worked in, Johnny Depp recalled the times he worked as a telemarketer and hated his job. Who wouldn’t? The worst part of his job was that he sold pens and was made to adopt fictitious names to attract people. Here is what he had to say, “You promise them all these things if they buy a gross of pens. It was just awful. But I actually think that was the first experience I had with acting.''. However it struck his conscience a lot and after making just one sale, he asked the customer to back out of the deal.
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In his teens, pierce Brosnan was a performer in a circus for 3 years where his act was fire eating. He left school at 16 but later joined art school to study illustration during which time he met a performer who introduced him to fire eating.
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Jim Carey had a tough childhood and had to quit school at 16 to help his family earn money. Together with his family he worked 8 hour shifts as a janitor helping to clean a warehouse in Ontario.
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In her younger days, Rihanna was an army cadet in a sub military programme where her drill sergeant turned out to be none other than singer songwriter Shontelle. After choosing to pursue a music career, she turned out to be one of the best selling artists of all time.
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If there ever was an odd job celebrities worked in before making it big, it was Brad Pitt’s job. His first job was to dress up in a chicken costume and parade outside the El Pollo Loco Restaurant in Hollywood. At the time he was a 23 year old who had just dropped out of Missouri University and juggled jobs trying to get acting roles in Hollywood.
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