Barber in the morgue, scout and cleaner: who did famous actors work before fame

When you see famous actors and actresses on the TV screen, in cinemas or on the covers of magazines, it can be hard to believe that they are ordinary people and, like everyone else in this world, started their journey with something not so glamorous. But they once believed in the dream and followed it to the end. Many famous actors had to work as cashiers, cleaners and waiters before shining on red carpets to the enthusiastic cries of fans.

It seems to us that this is a great example that you should not despair, even if you work a shift in fast food. You never know when a lucky chance will turn up and the doors will open straight to your dream.

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Steve Buscemi was a firefighter. During the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, he returned to his original craft to help the victims.

Christopher Walken worked as a lion trainer at the age of 16. He performed with a lioness named Sheba.

Although Danny DeVito graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Art, at one time he worked in the morgue, doing hairstyles for corpses before burial.

Harrison Ford worked as a carpenter.

During World War II, British actor Christopher Lee, who played Dracula, Saruman in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Count Dooku in Star Wars, served as an intelligence officer.

At the beginning of his career, Johnny Depp sold pens by phone, but hated this job so much that he managed to make only one sale, and then he immediately dissuaded the client from buying.

Singer Rihanna was a cadet in a military training program.

Actor Jim Carrey dropped out of school and got a job as a janitor to help his family.

As a teenager, Pierce Brosnan was a fire eater for three years.

Hugh Jackman worked as a physical education teacher.

The future most handsome man in the world, George Clooney, managed to work as a seller of women's shoes, an insurance agent, a builder and even cut tobacco.

Bill Murray was selling chestnuts outside a store in Chicago.

Helen Mirren worked as a promoter at an amusement park in the British city of Southend-on-Sea.

Kate Winslet was making sandwiches at the cookery.

Tom Hanks was selling popcorn and peanuts.

Liam Neeson was preparing to become a teacher.

Sandra Bullock worked as a bartender and waitress in a restaurant in Manhattan.

Channing Tatum moonlighted as a stripper. Which probably helped him in his work on the movie "Super Mike".

Gerard Butler graduated from the Faculty of Law in Scotland, where he turned out to be one of the best students. He worked at one of the largest law firms in Edinburgh, but a week before the end of his two-year internship, he was fired for absenteeism.

Charlize Theron studied at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York, but she had to forget about her career as a dancer at the age of 19 due to a knee injury.

Michelle Pfeiffer worked as a cashier at the supermarket "Wonz".

Evangeline Lilly, the star of the TV series "Stay Alive", was a flight attendant at Royal Aviation.

At the age of 12, Adrian Brody performed as a magician at children's parties with a program called "Amazing Adrian".

Rachel McAdams worked at McDonald's.

Bradley Cooper worked as a doorman at the Morgans Hotel.

Michael Fassbender was a bartender and a mailman.

Chris Pratt moonlighted as a ticket seller and stripper.