It’s hard to believe but not everyone knows from childhood what they want to be when they grow up. That’s why some people had to take odd jobs first before settling on to become a big-shot celebrity, which is basically what we all wanted all along. Here are celebrities who used to do crappy and odd jobs before landing the big break.
Whoopi Goldberg used to be a phone sex operator
Academy. Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award winning actress Whoopi Goldberg used to answer calls from strangers looking for a good time over the phone! Whoopi was a struggling single mother and wanted to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. So in order to make money and practice her acting ability, she pretended to enjoy sex with a creep over the phone.
John Hamm used to beautify a porn set
Hamm is popularly known as Don Draper from the critically acclaimed HBO series Mad Men. Before he started his successful acting career, he promised himself that by the age of 30, he would finally land a Hollywood gig. In the meantime, he had to make a living being a set designer for softcore pornography.
Victoria Beckham roller skated in a sperm costume
Before she became a fashion designer, businesswoman, wife to footballer David Beckham, and a Spice Girl, Victoria was wearing a sperm costume. In her pre-Spice Girls days, lucky viewers caught Victoria Beckham dressed as a sperm on roller skates. She donned the crazy ensemble for a BBC sex-education TV show called Body Matters, thus ensuring us the impression that someday our sperms will become a Victoria Beckham.
Brad Pitt dressed as a chicken that hands out flyers
The next time someone hands you out a coupon outside McDonald’s, you hand him your number. That poor guy could become Angelina Jolie’s wife, or better, yours! Before he was wearing a Trojan costume for a Hollywood movie, Brad Pitt was wearing a chicken costume for El Pollo Loco fast food chain. It was a perfect way for him to practice his acting chops.
The famously bald Danny DeVito used to be a hairdresser (for corpses!)
Before he became a legendary film actor, Danny DeVito went to beauty school! He helped his sister around her beauty parlor but somehow ended up in a mortuary doing the hairs of women who didn’t even want to chat. DeVito would style women's hair to make them look beautiful before they went six feet under. "What happens when you get old? You pass. And you want to have a nice hair do,", he said.
Eva Mendes used to sell hot dogs in a mall
The actress, model, singer, and designer used to hang around the mall when she was 15 handing out hot dogs on stick. Now the only weiner she handles belongs to husband Ryan Gosling.
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