You Won't Believe What These Celebrities Did Before They Were Famous

#1 Whoopi Goldberg

The View host and mega movie star was a beautician. In a morgue. She made up the faces of dead people for their viewing. Before landing that prized position, she was a PHONE SEX OPERATOR! Maybe that's where she came up with the name Whoopi?

#2 Patrick Dempsey

McDreamy was a professional juggler. He knows how to handle his balls pretty well, since he was 2nd place juggler in the International Jugglers Competition.

#3 Johnny Depp

Really? Mr Depp had a wonderful job, selling ball point pens over the phone. Talk about a bad sales position.

#4 Channing Tatum

We all know him as a male stripper from his movie Magic Mike, but did you know that he actually was a male stripper? Yes, Channing was a Chippendale Dancer before hitting the big time.

#5 Rachel McAdams

She was a minimum wage fry cooker before landing plum roles like in The Notebook. Rachel worked at McDonalds every summer for three years while in high school.

#6 Hugh Jackman

Our Wolverine superstar, actually was a clown who performed at kids party's for $50 a show. He later went on to become a gym teacher. That's probably where he learned all of his moves, since he now does the majority of his own stunts in his films.

#7 Helen Mirren

She promoted an amusement park in Southend on Sea. You would think amusement parks promoted themselves just by being amusement parks. Maybe that's why she isn't still there.

#8 Kanye West

Kanye West, the rapper, songwriter, and record producer fell into the gap.. Yes, he was a salesperson at THE GAP store. Can you imagine what his customer service skills were like? Oh My!

#9 Jennifer Hudson

Idol winner and Oscar winner, Ms Hudson was a burger flipper at Burger King. She usually worked the drive-thru but quit to become a singer on a cruise line before auditioning for American Idol.

#10 Tom Cruise

Religion has always been a part of Tom's life. He wasn't always a member of the Church Of Scientology, spewing propaganda. He once wanted to become a priest when he was attending the Franciscan Seminary.

#11 Matt LeBlanc

Joey was actually a pretty good carpenter before auditioning for his breakout role on 'Friends'.

#12 George Clooney

Hollywood's hottie, Geroge Clooney was a door to door insurance salesman. After a few small acting roles in sitcoms such as The Facts Of Life, he landed his roll on the television series ER playing Dr. Ross. And the rest, as they say, is HISTORY!

#13 Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy worked at a slaughterhouse for 2 years when he was 15 years old. But get this.. The singer is now a vegetarian!

#14 Harrison Ford

While taking non credited small film roles and stand in parts, Ford taught himself to be a carpenter, and became pretty good at it, earning enough to support his family and persue his dreams.

#15 Jim Carrey

Rubber face Jim Carrey used to clean factories before becoming a regular on In Living Color.

#16 Sheryl Crow

She was an elementary school teacher who taught music lessons to students which allowed her to sing in bands on the weekends.

#17 Christopher Walken

Can you picture it... Walken was a circus lion tamer who traveled around the country with his act. The lions were probably afraid of him and did whatever he said.

#18 Simon Cowell

Simon was always in the music business. But he started from the bottom, as they say. He worked in the mail room at the EMI Record Label because his father was an executive for there and got him the job.

#19 Danny De Vito

The little actor was a hair dresser before his gig on TAXI. Yes, DeVito worked at a mortuary doing the hair on deceased women. His specialty was older women's hair.

#20 Nicole Kidman

Nicole was a massage therapist before her first staring role in the film Days of Thunder. She has since gone on to star in over 55 films, but I'm pretty sure she still knows how to use her hands, if we ask hubby Keith Urban.

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