Brad Pitt(01 of45)
Open Image ModalBrad danced around in a chicken suit for a fast food restaurant. (credit:Getty)
Johnny Depp(02 of45)
Open Image ModalJohnny reportedly sold pens by phone before becoming, well, Johnny Depp. (credit:Getty)
Rod Stewart(03 of45)
Open Image ModalRod worked as a gravedigger before becoming a music legend. (credit:Getty)
Madonna(04 of45)
Open Image ModalThe super fit "Material Girl" used to work at Dunkin' Donuts at New York's Times Square. She reportedly got fired for squirting jelly filling all over customers. (credit:Getty Images)
Gerard Butler(05 of45)
Open Image ModalAfter going to law school, Gerard headed to work at a firm. Unfortunately, he was fired shortly thereafter and his dreams of making it to the courtroom immediately fell flat. (credit:Getty)
Michelle Pfeiffer(06 of45)
Open Image ModalOnce upon a time, Pfeiffer worked as a cashier at a grocery store in southern California in the '70s. (credit:Getty)
Sandra Bullock(07 of45)
Open Image ModalBefore winning an Oscar and floating freely in on-screen space, Bullock took acting classes and supported herself with waitressing and bartending in 1980s New York. (credit:Getty Images)
Jon Bon Jovi(08 of45)
Open Image ModalThe rocker used to help his cousin out as a janitor after high school, all the while recording demos and paving his path to stardom. (credit:Getty)
Harrison Ford(09 of45)
Open Image ModalDespite the fact he didn't have any formal training, Mr. Indiana Jones was a carpenter before becoming a household name. He picked up the craft in Los Angeles in the late '60s, building furniture for the likes of Richard Dreyfuss, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion, Valerie Harper and Ray Manzarek. (credit:Getty)
Eva Mendes(10 of45)
Open Image ModalAs a teen, Mendes worked at the mall at both a pasta/pizza place called Ciao and a hot dog joint called Hot Dog on a Stick. She also applied to Nordstrom but admitted her heart wasn't in retail. (credit:Getty)
Jim Carrey(11 of45)
Open Image ModalFrom 1978 to 1979, the comedian was a janitor at a factory, a job he took to help support his family. (credit:Getty)
Betty White(12 of45)
Open Image ModalThe Golden Girl started out as a model, when a photographer came to her L.A. high school in the late 1930s and snapped her wearing some school clothes. (credit:Getty)
James Lipton(13 of45)
Open Image ModalWas a pimp in Paris! But the times changed and he ran out of money before heading to the states to interview the very famous. (credit:Getty)
Angelina Jolie(14 of45)
Open Image ModalFrustrated by the way in which her grandfather's funeral was conducted, Jolie decided on a career path as a funeral director. She ordered a certificate, but didn't end up going much further than that. (credit:Getty)
Kanye West(15 of45)
Open Image ModalBack in high school, West used to work at the GAP. He even mentions it in a song off his album "The College Dropout," where he raps: Let's go back, back to the Gap / Look at my check, wasn't no scratch / So if I stole, wasn't my fault / Yeah I stole, never got caught. (credit:Getty Images)
Stacey Dash(16 of45)
Open Image ModalNot unlike Kanye, this "Clueless" star also started out by folding t-shirts at a retail store -- United Colors of Benetton, to be exact -- in Paramus, New Jersey. (credit:Getty)
Jennifer Aniston(17 of45)
Open Image ModalBefore hitting the jackpot with "Friends," Aniston worked the phones as a telemarketer and waited tables. (credit:Getty)
Charlize Theron(18 of45)
Open Image ModalEveryone knows the leggy blonde started out as a model before she got into acting, but Theron's very first gig actually involved singing. As a kid, the gorgeous star would fetch things for her mother at a Johannesburg market, then head to the town square and sing for money. (credit:Getty)
Rene Russo(19 of45)
Open Image ModalThe gorgeous actress once helped support her single mother by working as an inspector on a factory line at an eyeglass company. (credit:Getty)
George Clooney(20 of45)
Open Image ModalAlways an athlete, George tried out to play professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds in 1977, but didn't make the cut. (credit:Getty)
Tim Allen(21 of45)
Open Image ModalTim Allen was a cocaine dealer. But after doing two years hard time for drug trafficking, Allen ditched the dope and headed to Hollywood. (credit:Getty)
Cindy Crawford(22 of45)
Open Image ModalThe former supermodel used to shuck corn at a fair in Illinois as a college freshman. (credit:Getty)
Mariah Carey(23 of45)
Open Image ModalFrenchie from "Grease" wasn't the only beauty school dropout. Before singing her way to fame, Mariah studied to become a makeup artist and left prior to graduation. (credit:Getty)
Ashton Kutcher(24 of45)
Open Image ModalAshton didn't grow up looking for his car, he grew up fascinated by how things work and even went to college for biomedical engineering before finding fame. (credit:Getty)
Hugh Grant(25 of45)
Open Image ModalWhat's the difference between the work of Van Gogh and the work of Monet? Well, Hugh Grant would have been able to answer that had he not listened to the talent scouts who persuaded the art history student to abandon his doctorate dreams for acting. (credit:Getty)
Halle Berry(26 of45)
Open Image ModalAdrien Brody(27 of45)
Open Image ModalAs a young boy, the acclaimed actor made quite a few bucks as a magician working birthday parties. (credit:Getty)
Sean Connery(28 of45)
Open Image ModalThe original James Bond was well on his way to becoming a professional body builder before he found himself in third place for Mr. Universe. Luckily, the whole acting gig picked up shortly thereafter and he found fame as 007. (credit:Getty)
Suze Orman(29 of45)
Open Image ModalPrior to passing on financial advice to others, Suze could have used some of her own. She lost some serious money after investing it to start her own restaurant business and was forced to take a job as a waitress until things turned around. (credit:Getty)
Jerry Springer(30 of45)
Open Image ModalBefore running the stage on his tabloid talk show, the law-school graduate sat as Cincinnati's mayor for two terms. But after an unsuccessful bid for governor in 1982, his political career came to a close. (credit:Getty)
Walt Disney(31 of45)
Open Image ModalLong before Mickey made his way into Walt's life and the name Disney became synonymous with a magical empire, he was fired by a newspaper editor from his cartoonist job because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” He also went bankrupt several times before his luck really turned around. (credit:Getty)
Oprah Winfrey(32 of45)
Open Image ModalIronic that one of the best known talk show hosts and media proprietors was told she was "unfit for TV" and consequently fired by a Baltimore TV producer. After she was pulled from her evening news reporting spot, she made what was then considered a huge step down to daytime TV. (credit:Getty)
Tom Cruise(33 of45)
Open Image ModalYoung Tom could have been a priest and he even enrolled in a seminary to do so, but was asked to leave after allegedly sneaking in some alcohol, before acting and scientology found the way into his life. (credit:Getty)
Connie Britton(34 of45)
Open Image ModalYoung Connie Britton used to work at a women's clothing store, describing the clothes she helped sell as "mid-end chic." (credit:Getty)
Andrew Garfield(35 of45)
Open Image ModalThe "Amazing Spider-Man" star started earning money as a kid by taking care of his family's backyard. Though he hated it, Garfield mowed the lawn and pruned the hedges. When he grew up, he became a Starbucks barista. (credit:Getty)
Michael Fassbender(36 of45)
Open Image ModalThough he bared it all in the movie "Shame," Fassbender was an alter boy growing up, quickly ascending to head alter boy. As such, he worked weddings and baptisms. (credit:Getty)
Morgan Freeman(37 of45)
Open Image ModalFreeman had a paper route as a teen, delivering the local news to his neighbors early in the morning before school. (credit:Getty)
Bryan Cranston(38 of45)
Open Image ModalThis "Breaking Bad" star learned the value of a dollar with a paper route as well. (credit:Getty)
Blake Shelton(39 of45)
Open Image ModalThe country artist used to make a buck working with his stepdad, the "roofing boss," fixing up roofs. (credit:Getty)
Elizabeth Banks(40 of45)
Open Image ModalGrowing up, Banks used to be an errand girl for her local Catholic youth center. She ran the after school game room, worked the front desk and handed out coffee. (credit:Getty)
Alexander Skarsgard(41 of45)
Open Image ModalThis "True Blood" hunk was once a busboy at a Stockholm restaurant where his uncle worked as a bartender. (credit:Getty)
Rachel McAdams(42 of45)
Open Image ModalThis beauty worked for three whole summers at McDonald's. (credit:Getty)
Rooney Mara(43 of45)
Open Image ModalBefore she became the iconic "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," Mara was a summer camp counselor and made decent cash babysitting. (credit:Getty)
Chase Crawford(44 of45)
Open Image ModalThe blue-eyed hunk parked cars as a valet before bursting onto the scene in "Gossip Girl." (credit:Getty)
Katie Lowes(45 of45)
Open Image ModalKatie wored for "Nashville" star Connie Britton as a nanny, caring for her young son, before she landed a role on "Scandal." (credit:Getty)