whether you’re flipping burgers or
folding clothes everybody’s got to start
somewhere
as far as I can tell it’s just about
letting the universe know what you want
and working toward it while letting go
of how it comes to pass
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
lousy jobs celebrities had before they
were famous was that weird for you to be
a giant banana it was weird and what was
bad about it is that there was no your
face was it hidden there was a thing cut
out for your where your face for this
list will be looking at the mundane
somewhat surprising jobs your favorite
celebrities worked before they got their
big breaks we made a 90 minute film in
five days Wow and I’m using the phrase
film really loosely number 10
slaughterhouse employee Ozzy Osbourne
this one may or may not come as a shock
in light of Ozzy’s experiences with bats
do you pick up a live bat didn’t realize
it was alive back from any had I known
it was a live act it would be absolutely
crazy to pick up a live bat you know and
bite that’s right a pre Fame Aussie
Osbourne paid the bills as a
slaughterhouse employee for three years
killing cows and pigs among other things
after dropping out of school at the age
of 15
Ozzy worked a number of odd jobs
including construction worker trainee
plumber tool maker and car horn tuner
see what’s the glamour jobs yeah
unfortunately he also tried his hand at
robbery stealing and immediately
dropping a TV and some baby clothes
if you warrant a rock and roll star what
would you be a burglar
what would you burglarize ladies under
present Aussies robbery gig ultimately
resulted in a six week prison stay
because his father used it as a
teachable moment by declining to fork
over the money to pay the fine that
would have kept him out of the slammer
number nine refrigerator delivery Brad
Pitt working jobs we hate so we can buy
shit we don’t need after dropping out of
journalism school Brad Pitt moved to LA
and made his way by delivering
refrigerators
despite his looks Pitt had a tough time
landing his first acting gig and had a
far from glamorous pre Fame career apart
from the fridge delivery it also drove
limos for a stripper service and
according to Pitt it was actually one of
the ladies he drove who set him on the
right path when she told him about the
acting classes she was taking but we
gotta say the icing on the pre fame cake
was when he dressed up as a chicken
while working for El Pollo Loco
we wish there were video of that don’t
recall doing that number eight gap
employee Kanye West that’s good for my
ego we’re not saying working at the gap
is necessarily a lousy gig but can you
imagine a diva like Kanye folding a pile
of shirts or making sure that khakis are
hung properly
Kanye rapped about a salesclerk past in
a song spaceship where he admits to
shoplifting and later quitting because
the job wasn’t helping him let’s go back
back to the gap look at my chicken no
scratch so impasto what am i funky I
stole never get caught despite the
biting verses against the company
Kanye changed his tune a few years later
by expressing interest in collaborating
with gap I bet I went I went to the gap
and I said let me let me try to do
something and I couldn’t get past the
politics he’s publicly stated that he
wants to both build a partnership with
the clothing outlet and his own brand in
addition to becoming the stores actual
creative director in fact in an
interview with style calm Yeezy said he
wants to quote be the Steve Jobs of Gap
Steve Jobs is like right under Jesus to
me and stuff it’s like God Jesus my dad
Steve Jobs number seven debt collector
do me more but you can’t buy people
that’s naive Diana I buy people every
day it’s hard to picture to me more as
anything other than a movie star but
what she has now didn’t come
z in fact more grew up in a trailer park
with a pretty rough family background
before moving out at 16 and heading to
LA it’s a very tragic tragic story there
she quickly married her first husband
who gave her her signature last name and
started working part-time as a debt
collector Moore also began modeling
which is perhaps less surprising posing
nude and we magazine before dabbling in
acting that we’ve waited so long I
really counted on it by 19 more had
settled into her acting career landing a
role on General Hospital and soon her
debt collecting days were nothing but a
distant memory I’ve always loved you
ditto number six convenience store clerk
Kevin Smith I’ll just take the gum 55
before Kevin Smith got his big break he
actually worked at the Kwik Stop where
his breakout film clerks was shot why
did you tell me I need sex with
different guys because I did only have
sex with three different times it
doesn’t mean I didn’t just go with
people but working at a corner store
isn’t enough to save the $27,000 he
needed to fund his full-length
directorial debut Smith also sold most
of his comic book collection maxed out
eight credit cards and even dipped into
his college fund during production since
he was still working during the day and
filming at night he stayed up for nearly
the entire 21 days of shooting me great
no this is great
fortunately the hard work paid off the
movie earned him some well-deserved
credibility and landed a theatrical
release in addition to kicking off
Smith’s
entire view ask universe enough talent
to make clerks 20 years later I have
enough talent to go for the things that
I dreamed about when I was a nascent
beginner number five odd job worker
George Clooney me
hey your friends
counters stranger now
it’s hard to believe there was ever a
time that George Clooney didn’t even
consider acting as an option but it’s
true in fact Clooney instead turned his
attention to baseball and even tried out
for the Cincinnati Reds George actually
tried his hand at a variety of jobs
after dropping out of journalism school
he found himself working in a shoe store
as a door-to-door insurance salesman and
even as a farmhand picking tobacco I
have no name well that right there maybe
the reason you had difficulty finding
gainful employment you see his big break
in the film industry finally came when
he moved to LA and got a gig as an extra
in the TV miniseries Centennial which
set the future heartthrobs career off in
the right direction mr. Bingham I’m here
today to inform you that your position
is no longer available I’m fired yes
you’re fired
never say fired you’ve been let go why
this is a mythical situation how would I
possibly know why number four porn star
Sylvester Stallone the world ain’t all
sunshine and rainbows it’s a very mean
and nasty place and I don’t care how
tough you are it will beat you to your
knees and keep you there permanently if
you let it fly Stallone wasn’t exactly a
porn star in the traditional sense but
the party at Kitty and studs was indeed
a porno and Stallone did indeed star in
it as stud the actor was sleeping in a
bus station when he agreed to star in
the low-budget softcore film earning a
much welcomed $200 I’m not gonna play
unless everyone puts up at least three
Stallone later admitted that he was in
such dire straits
it was either work in a porno or commit
burglary
so the film’s comparatively tiny
paycheck gave him a shot at getting back
on his feet Stallone soon rolled the
dice for one last shot at the big time
writing and starring in a little film
called rocky
a gamble that paid off very well for him
in the end
number three set dresser for porn films
Jon Hamm sure that’s what I get for
being domestic while not a CD is Don
Draper’s early life jon Hamm’s backstory
isn’t all glitz and glamour either later
referring to it as the most
soul-crushing job he’s ever had Hamm
once paid the rent by working in the
porn industry as a set dresser which in
and of itself is a lovely job unless
you’re doing it for softcore porn jobs
this career move not only put him on the
wrong side of the entertainment industry
but also on the wrong side of the camera
yeah it was super depressing and wasn’t
worth the money Hamm did make at least
one on-screen appearance in the 90s when
he and his overly 90s haircut appeared
on an episode of the big date but
somehow he was not picked start off with
some fabulous food a little fabulous
conversation what else fabulous John
ended with a fabulous foot massage for
an evening of total fabulosa
number two chicken coop cleaner Matthew
McConaughey I myself I jerk off at least
twice a day while enrolled at the
University of Texas at Austin this
surfer dude decided to study abroad in
Australia and into that round
yeah though it was technically for
school it’s easy to imagine that he made
the trip at least partially to catch
some waves babes and sun rays oh right
all right all right his parents didn’t
fully pay for his journey down under
however and as a result McConaughey
picked up several odd jobs to fund the
trip including one as a dishwasher and
another as a chicken coop cleaner
McConaughey says that this period in his
life left a lasting impression on him
and we can only assume it inspired his
first big role as perpetual cool guy
David Wooderson in dazed and confused
you just got to keep living man Li VI n
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions fear is
writing that script and the working
title is I’ll never be enough nice Oh
why’d you go up so simple thank you
number one phone sex operator Whoopi
Goldberg I was in the beach with like
all my friends are like all my friends
with me I don’t know we’re all together
the woman once known as Karen Johnson is
one of many talents actress comedian
talk-show host
and fake nun but look at me I’m a nun
before landing the coveted egit or Emmy
Grammy Tony and Oscar it was the one
woman show spook show that jump-started
this comedians career landing her her
breakthrough role in the color purple he
don’t never ask me how I feel just never
asked me nothing about myself but there
was a time when Whoopi Goldberg banked
on phone sex to pay the bills while she
has previously taken on some voice
acting roles we’ve rarely heard her
husky delivery referred to as sexy so
Goldberg stint as a phone sex operator
is kind of surprising sure her job as a
hair and makeup specialist for the dead
may have also been pretty unexpected but
phone sex operator is one job we never
expected to see on this Oscar winners
resume I don’t think this is my style
shut up kid
do you agree with our list what other
celebs do you know that had crummy jobs
before Hollywood Ola Bob is in New York
are getting money after noon for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
people go oh you’ve been very fortunate
and what a great career you got the only
thing is I one day sat there watched
enough movies and TV to be like why not
me
you
folding clothes everybody’s got to start
somewhere
as far as I can tell it’s just about
letting the universe know what you want
and working toward it while letting go
of how it comes to pass
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
lousy jobs celebrities had before they
were famous was that weird for you to be
a giant banana it was weird and what was
bad about it is that there was no your
face was it hidden there was a thing cut
out for your where your face for this
list will be looking at the mundane
somewhat surprising jobs your favorite
celebrities worked before they got their
big breaks we made a 90 minute film in
five days Wow and I’m using the phrase
film really loosely number 10
slaughterhouse employee Ozzy Osbourne
this one may or may not come as a shock
in light of Ozzy’s experiences with bats
do you pick up a live bat didn’t realize
it was alive back from any had I known
it was a live act it would be absolutely
crazy to pick up a live bat you know and
bite that’s right a pre Fame Aussie
Osbourne paid the bills as a
slaughterhouse employee for three years
killing cows and pigs among other things
after dropping out of school at the age
of 15
Ozzy worked a number of odd jobs
including construction worker trainee
plumber tool maker and car horn tuner
see what’s the glamour jobs yeah
unfortunately he also tried his hand at
robbery stealing and immediately
dropping a TV and some baby clothes
if you warrant a rock and roll star what
would you be a burglar
what would you burglarize ladies under
present Aussies robbery gig ultimately
resulted in a six week prison stay
because his father used it as a
teachable moment by declining to fork
over the money to pay the fine that
would have kept him out of the slammer
number nine refrigerator delivery Brad
Pitt working jobs we hate so we can buy
shit we don’t need after dropping out of
journalism school Brad Pitt moved to LA
and made his way by delivering
refrigerators
despite his looks Pitt had a tough time
landing his first acting gig and had a
far from glamorous pre Fame career apart
from the fridge delivery it also drove
limos for a stripper service and
according to Pitt it was actually one of
the ladies he drove who set him on the
right path when she told him about the
acting classes she was taking but we
gotta say the icing on the pre fame cake
was when he dressed up as a chicken
while working for El Pollo Loco
we wish there were video of that don’t
recall doing that number eight gap
employee Kanye West that’s good for my
ego we’re not saying working at the gap
is necessarily a lousy gig but can you
imagine a diva like Kanye folding a pile
of shirts or making sure that khakis are
hung properly
Kanye rapped about a salesclerk past in
a song spaceship where he admits to
shoplifting and later quitting because
the job wasn’t helping him let’s go back
back to the gap look at my chicken no
scratch so impasto what am i funky I
stole never get caught despite the
biting verses against the company
Kanye changed his tune a few years later
by expressing interest in collaborating
with gap I bet I went I went to the gap
and I said let me let me try to do
something and I couldn’t get past the
politics he’s publicly stated that he
wants to both build a partnership with
the clothing outlet and his own brand in
addition to becoming the stores actual
creative director in fact in an
interview with style calm Yeezy said he
wants to quote be the Steve Jobs of Gap
Steve Jobs is like right under Jesus to
me and stuff it’s like God Jesus my dad
Steve Jobs number seven debt collector
do me more but you can’t buy people
that’s naive Diana I buy people every
day it’s hard to picture to me more as
anything other than a movie star but
what she has now didn’t come
z in fact more grew up in a trailer park
with a pretty rough family background
before moving out at 16 and heading to
LA it’s a very tragic tragic story there
she quickly married her first husband
who gave her her signature last name and
started working part-time as a debt
collector Moore also began modeling
which is perhaps less surprising posing
nude and we magazine before dabbling in
acting that we’ve waited so long I
really counted on it by 19 more had
settled into her acting career landing a
role on General Hospital and soon her
debt collecting days were nothing but a
distant memory I’ve always loved you
ditto number six convenience store clerk
Kevin Smith I’ll just take the gum 55
before Kevin Smith got his big break he
actually worked at the Kwik Stop where
his breakout film clerks was shot why
did you tell me I need sex with
different guys because I did only have
sex with three different times it
doesn’t mean I didn’t just go with
people but working at a corner store
isn’t enough to save the $27,000 he
needed to fund his full-length
directorial debut Smith also sold most
of his comic book collection maxed out
eight credit cards and even dipped into
his college fund during production since
he was still working during the day and
filming at night he stayed up for nearly
the entire 21 days of shooting me great
no this is great
fortunately the hard work paid off the
movie earned him some well-deserved
credibility and landed a theatrical
release in addition to kicking off
Smith’s
entire view ask universe enough talent
to make clerks 20 years later I have
enough talent to go for the things that
I dreamed about when I was a nascent
beginner number five odd job worker
George Clooney me
hey your friends
counters stranger now
it’s hard to believe there was ever a
time that George Clooney didn’t even
consider acting as an option but it’s
true in fact Clooney instead turned his
attention to baseball and even tried out
for the Cincinnati Reds George actually
tried his hand at a variety of jobs
after dropping out of journalism school
he found himself working in a shoe store
as a door-to-door insurance salesman and
even as a farmhand picking tobacco I
have no name well that right there maybe
the reason you had difficulty finding
gainful employment you see his big break
in the film industry finally came when
he moved to LA and got a gig as an extra
in the TV miniseries Centennial which
set the future heartthrobs career off in
the right direction mr. Bingham I’m here
today to inform you that your position
is no longer available I’m fired yes
you’re fired
never say fired you’ve been let go why
this is a mythical situation how would I
possibly know why number four porn star
Sylvester Stallone the world ain’t all
sunshine and rainbows it’s a very mean
and nasty place and I don’t care how
tough you are it will beat you to your
knees and keep you there permanently if
you let it fly Stallone wasn’t exactly a
porn star in the traditional sense but
the party at Kitty and studs was indeed
a porno and Stallone did indeed star in
it as stud the actor was sleeping in a
bus station when he agreed to star in
the low-budget softcore film earning a
much welcomed $200 I’m not gonna play
unless everyone puts up at least three
Stallone later admitted that he was in
such dire straits
it was either work in a porno or commit
burglary
so the film’s comparatively tiny
paycheck gave him a shot at getting back
on his feet Stallone soon rolled the
dice for one last shot at the big time
writing and starring in a little film
called rocky
a gamble that paid off very well for him
in the end
number three set dresser for porn films
Jon Hamm sure that’s what I get for
being domestic while not a CD is Don
Draper’s early life jon Hamm’s backstory
isn’t all glitz and glamour either later
referring to it as the most
soul-crushing job he’s ever had Hamm
once paid the rent by working in the
porn industry as a set dresser which in
and of itself is a lovely job unless
you’re doing it for softcore porn jobs
this career move not only put him on the
wrong side of the entertainment industry
but also on the wrong side of the camera
yeah it was super depressing and wasn’t
worth the money Hamm did make at least
one on-screen appearance in the 90s when
he and his overly 90s haircut appeared
on an episode of the big date but
somehow he was not picked start off with
some fabulous food a little fabulous
conversation what else fabulous John
ended with a fabulous foot massage for
an evening of total fabulosa
number two chicken coop cleaner Matthew
McConaughey I myself I jerk off at least
twice a day while enrolled at the
University of Texas at Austin this
surfer dude decided to study abroad in
Australia and into that round
yeah though it was technically for
school it’s easy to imagine that he made
the trip at least partially to catch
some waves babes and sun rays oh right
all right all right his parents didn’t
fully pay for his journey down under
however and as a result McConaughey
picked up several odd jobs to fund the
trip including one as a dishwasher and
another as a chicken coop cleaner
McConaughey says that this period in his
life left a lasting impression on him
and we can only assume it inspired his
first big role as perpetual cool guy
David Wooderson in dazed and confused
you just got to keep living man Li VI n
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions fear is
writing that script and the working
title is I’ll never be enough nice Oh
why’d you go up so simple thank you
number one phone sex operator Whoopi
Goldberg I was in the beach with like
all my friends are like all my friends
with me I don’t know we’re all together
the woman once known as Karen Johnson is
one of many talents actress comedian
talk-show host
and fake nun but look at me I’m a nun
before landing the coveted egit or Emmy
Grammy Tony and Oscar it was the one
woman show spook show that jump-started
this comedians career landing her her
breakthrough role in the color purple he
don’t never ask me how I feel just never
asked me nothing about myself but there
was a time when Whoopi Goldberg banked
on phone sex to pay the bills while she
has previously taken on some voice
acting roles we’ve rarely heard her
husky delivery referred to as sexy so
Goldberg stint as a phone sex operator
is kind of surprising sure her job as a
hair and makeup specialist for the dead
may have also been pretty unexpected but
phone sex operator is one job we never
expected to see on this Oscar winners
resume I don’t think this is my style
shut up kid
do you agree with our list what other
celebs do you know that had crummy jobs
before Hollywood Ola Bob is in New York
are getting money after noon for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
people go oh you’ve been very fortunate
and what a great career you got the only
thing is I one day sat there watched
enough movies and TV to be like why not
me
you
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