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(#36) James Franco
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Future Oscar nominee (and host) James Franco started his career like many of us did - at McDonald's! But the experience meant so much to Franco that he wrote an open letter in the Washington Post claiming the organization was there for him when nobody else was. Other notable McDonald's employees include Rachel McAdams, Sharon Stone, and Jay Leno.
Also in the fast food biz: Jennifer Hudson (Burger King), Queen Latifah (Burger King), and Madonna (Dunkin Donuts).
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(#8) Gerard Butler
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Before bellowing his way through action roles, Scottish actor Gerard Butler studied law at Glasgow University. He even worked as a civil lawyer in Edinburgh, reportedly drinking his way through the job until he was fired a week before qualifying for full fledged lawyerdom.
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(#1) Danny DeVito
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Though DeVito may not be known for his own hair (or lack thereof), the tiny actor worked as a hairstylist one summer. Though he loved the perks of the job (the girls), when he started working at a local mortuary styling the hair of dead people, it got a little creepy for him, though he still would only work on women.
Source: The Guardian, AOL TV
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(#31) George Clooney
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While studying journalism at Northern Kentucky University, George Clooney took a job cutting tobacco. His grandparents own a tobacco farm, so Clooney would help cut, chop, and strip the tobacco which helped Clooney never pick up a smoking habit of his own. He also sold insurance door to door before hitting it big.
Source: The Telegraph
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(#28) Jennifer Aniston
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Before Friends, Jennifer Aniston paid her bills by selling timeshares to people in the Pocono Mountains (in Pennsylvania). "I was awful," Aniston says about her phone hocking skills, adding that she'd feel so guilty that she'd frequently hang up on customers.
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(#4) Johnny Depp
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Back in the day, the superstar pushed ballpoint pens on the phone. The trick, according to Depp, was promising someone a big prize like a trip to Tahiti if they bought a handful of pens. However, Depp's guilt led him him to abandon the job, though he credits the gig as his first insight into acting.
Source: Interview
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Most people in the world are obsessed with celebrity gossip and follow their private lives and work through paparazzi cameras, gossip magazines and social media. But many celebrities were ordinary people like us before they became famous, not all the famous people were born with fame and wealth, although it is hard to believe that our favorite celebrities used to be baristas, retail employees or restaurant waiters.
Nobody's first job will be what they want to do in the entire lives, except for a very, very lucky few people. The random tool lists 46 stars who had weird jobs to make ends meet before they became famous.
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