When you see Angelina Jolie work the red carpet, or Sandra Bullock accept an Academy Award, it can be hard to imagine that they started out just like us.
But sure enough, before they were getting paid the big bucks to front beauty campaigns, blockbuster movies and Japanese commercials, celebrities did the 9 to 5 like anyone else.
From paper boys to morgue workers to telemarketing, these celeb jobs will definitely make you feel better about your brief stint as a check out chick.
See which jobs our favourite celebs held before they hit the big time here!
Before Sandra Bullock was an Oscar-winning actress, she waited tables in New York and checked coats.
Jennifer Aniston could sell us anything! The actress started out as a telemarketer in LA.
Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike performance wasn’t all acting, you know! Before the actor got his big break, he modeled and stripped on the side!
McDreamy can McJuggle! Patrick Dempsey’s hidden talent paid his bills for a few years when he was professional juggler in the International Jugglers Competition and the Junior Division in 1982 and 1983.
Wowsers. Amy Adams once made a living by working as a waitress and entertainer at American diner chain Hooters, which specialises in, er… buxom waitresses in tiny tops.
One tall macchiato, please! Andrew Garfield wasn’t always swinging from buildings as Spiderman – he used to work at a Starbucks!
We knew she had a mean streak! Demi Moore paid the bills by working as a debt collector before she found fame – and we think she might have been pretty good at it, too! Who could say no to that face?
Uh, Mr Jackman? Before he was the hunk of our hearts, Hugh Jackman put food on the table by working as a P.E. teacher. He also sidelined as a party clown for children’s birthday parties!
Before he was a star, Danny de Vito made ends meet as a hair dresser!
If only the characters in Lost followed Evangeline Lilly’s lead! The actress worked as a flight attendant before she found fame.
Before he became a professional heartthrob, George Clooney used to work as a door-to-door salesman. Uh, we’ll take one of everything, George.
In a very fitting career choice, Christopher Walken started out as a lion tamer in the circus. Seriously.
So that’s how she keeps so fit! Lucy Liu started out as an aerobics teacher before becoming one of Charlie’s Angels.
Johnny Depp wasn’t always swashbuckling on the high seas! He once made his mark selling pens and nick-knacks over the phone as a telemarketer.
She may have worn pink on Wednesdays, but she wore red every other day! Rachel McAdams worked at a McDonalds for more than three years!
Whoopi Goldberg takes the cake for creepiest first job! The comedian and actress once paid the bills as a morgue beautician…
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