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Trivia
For many celebrities, the road to stardom is paved with weird jobs, bad head shots and forgettable script choices. Take our fact-or-fiction quiz to test your knowledge of Hollywood hard knocks.
1. ER's Noah Wyle got a part in Milos Forman's Valmont at age 14, even though the only experience listed on his head shot were parts from high school plays.


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2. Brad Pitt was the second choice to play J.D. in Thelma and Louise.


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3. Demi Moore, the first woman to make $10 million for a movie, first worked as a bill collector.


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4. Jack Nicholson worked as a delivery boy in MGM's cartoons department.


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5. Angelina Jolie appeared in a Meatloaf video.


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6. Jim Carrey and Helen Hunt were both in 1986's Peggy Sue Got Married.


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7. Uma Thurman starred as Tess McGill in a television series based on the Melanie Griffith film Working Girl.


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8. Ashton Kutcher used to sweep Cheerios dust from the floor at a General Mills plant.


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9. George Clooney starred in a short-lived comedy titled E/R set in a Chicago hospital emergency room.


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10. Tom Hanks starred in a movie based on the geek fantasy game Dungeons and Dragons.


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11. Jennifer Garner graduated college with a chemistry degree.


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12. Julia Roberts got her big break on the soap All My Children.


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13. Richard Gere was the first choice for the films Days of Heaven, American Gigolo and An Officer and a Gentleman.


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14. Paul Newman was so ashamed of his film debut, he took out an ad in Variety to apologize for it.


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15. Halle Berry was so ashamed of her performance in Catwoman, she took out and ad in Variety to apologize for it.


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16. In her early modeling career, Unscripted star Krista Allen held the titles "Miss Oklahoma" and "Oklahoma Hormel Chili Girl."


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17. Alabama native and Unscripted star Jennifer Hall once held a weekend job milking cows.


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18. Prior to his acting fame, Frank Langella toured Europe in a folk-singing group.


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19. Unscripted's Bryan Greenberg will appear in an upcoming movie with Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep.


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