In honor of all folks working at a mundane day job while they build their dream, I will explore and share with you what various successful people did before they made it.
I’m always impressed with how many of our online gurus worked in corporate or executive jobs. But what does that actually mean?
Of course, it’s probable that the folks below had many more jobs than the ones listed below.
- Sandra Bullock used to be a dog groomer
- Jennifer Aniston used to be a telemarketer and a waitress
- Madeleine Albright sold underwear in a department store
- Dan Akroyd was a mail sorter
- Warren Beatty worked as a rat catcher
- Alec Baldwin worked as a bouncer
- Marlon Brando dug ditches
- Charles Bronson was a coal miner
- Garth Brooks was a shoe store clerk
- Jim Carrey worked as a janitor
- So did Kurt Cobain
- Sean Connery worked as a truck driver and a brick layer
- Elvis Costello was a computer programmer when they were still using cards
- Joan Crawford worked in a laundromat and as an elevator operator
- Whoopi Goldberg was a bank teller
- Stephen King was a school teacher
- Boris Karloff was a farm hand and asphalt spreader
- Ralph Lauren worked in a department store selling clothes
- Simon Le Bon was a tree surgeon and a hospital porter
- Bette Midler worked in a factory
- Demi Moore worked for a collection agency
- Jack Nicholson used to be a lifeguard
- Brad Pitt was a limousine driver
- Elvis Presley was a truck driver
- Jerry Seinfeld was a light bulb salesman
- Frank Sinatra worked in a shipyard
- Rod Stewart was a gravedigger
- Quentin Tarantino worked in a video store
- Tina Turner was a nurse
To read more celebs, this is the site where I got the above information: http://www.hardlyfamous.com/stars/