If you thought your favorite celebrities always drove exotic cars and took lavish vacations, think again.
They had to find a way to make money way before they became a household name in Hollywood.
While most of us headed to our local fast-food chain or department store to kick off our careers, these celebs decided to go a different route.
1. Brad Pitt used to dress up as the chicken mascot for El Pollo Loco and later nabbed a job as a chauffeur for strippers.
2. Before becoming a stand up comedian and dominating daytime television, Ellen DeGeneres was an oyster shucker.
3. Matthew McConaughey probably wasn't thinking it was "alright, alright, alright" when he was cleaning up poop as a chicken coop cleaner.
4. Gabourey Sidibe worked as a phone sex operator named Becky, before starring on Empire with the same name
5. Before hitting it big, Sean Connery worked as a nude model and a coffin cleaner.
6. NeNe Leakes wasn't always bringing the drama to Bravo's RHOA. She used to work as a stripper, which she openly talked about on the show.
7. Megan Fox worked at a smoothie shop in Florida where she had to dress up as a banana.
8. Lady Gaga performed as a burlesque dancer, before hitting the stage in front of millions.
9. Believe it or not, Geena Davis worked as a mannequin before getting her big break.
10. Victoria Beckham dressed up as sperm on roller skates for a BBC educational show called Body Matters, before creating a fashion empire.
11. Cindy Crawford used to shuck corn before gracing the covers of today's hottest magazines.
12. George Clooney used to cut, chop, and strip tobacco before becoming a Hollywood heartthrob.
13. Miley Cyrus cleaned toilets as her first job.
14. John Hamm worked behind-the-scenes on semi-pornographic films as a set-dresser.
15. Morgan Freeman was a professional dancer, before lending his iconic voice to his lengthy movie rapsheet.
16. And lastly, before the big Oscars debacle, Warren Beatty worked as a rat catcher.
