8. Sandra Bullock
After having dropped out of her acting degree to move to New York and study acting classes there, Sandra Bullock supported herself by working as a hostess, waitress and bartender at the same restaurant as actress, Jennifer Coolidge. Coolidge admitted that Bullock was so great at her job, she was given Coolidge’s shifts.
During this time, she took acting classes and scored a part in an off-Broadway play, where she was discovered by Alan J. Levi and was offered a part in the TV movie, Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. She has since starred in Miss Congeniality (2000), Two Weeks Notice (2002), The Lake House (2006) and The Proposal (2009). It just goes to show that you can gain skills in any job – even if it feels like it’s just a temporary gig.
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