subject: Famous People Who Started Their Careers In A Hotel [print this page] If you feel that all famous people were born with silver spoons in their mouths, then you are completely wrong. There are many people around the world who started off their careers in simple jobs. Some call it luck, whereas others call it destinybut one thing is for surethere is something that clicks and it clicks right. The hotel or tourism careers have somehow played an important part in the success of celebrities, which they will surely narrate with a heavy heart.
Here is a list of 7 famous people who started their careers in hotels or restaurants and made it big when they quit their jobs.
Celebrity #1: Michael Dell
The founder and CEO of Dell, Michael Dell, washed dishes in a Chinese restaurant before starting his namesake computer company. Michael Dell merely earned $2.30 an hour when he worked at the Chinese restaurant. Michael Dell was quoted in one of the newspapers that he took great pride in his work and cared about every customer who came through his door.
Celebrity #2: Tom Hanks
This famous actor once worked as a hotel bellhop and carried bags for a number of stars and celebrities. Tom Hanks has also acted in several plays for the Great Lakes Shakespearean Festival in Cleveland, Ohio.
Celebrity #3: Brad Pitt
He did all sorts of things to earn a buck while he tried to start his acting career. Pitt once said, "My first job was on the corner of LaBrea Boulevard and Sunset. I stood there wearing a chicken costume to advertise for this fast-food place".
Celebrity #4: Amy Adams
Born in Italy and raised in Colorado, Amy Adams had never dreamed that she would become a super star someday. She needed cash to buy a car after high school, so she worked for two months as a waitress at Hooters. She left Hooters after saving $900, which was sufficient enough to buy a used Chevrolet in those days.
Celebrity #5: Akshay Kumar
This Indian superstar worked as a waiter and chef in one of the hotels of Bangkok. Akshay Kumar has several Bollywood blockbusters under his name.
Celebrity #6: Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock is an American actress and producer who rose to fame in the 1990s after roles in successful films such as Speed, While You Were Sleeping, Demolition Man, Hope Floats, The Net and A Time to Kill. Before becoming a famous actress Sandra Bullock worked as a bartender, cocktail waitress, and coat checker.
Celebrity #6: Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga worked as a waitress at a restaurant in New York. She had her ups and downs during her singing career, but she has now made a good name for herself.
Most of the aforementioned celebrities have bitter experiences of their first jobs, but they all have buried their pasts and looked positively to the future. Like the hotel careers, there are many celebrities who have left behind their tourism careers and made it big at the silver screen. For example, Nicole Evangeline Lilly, a Canadian actress who starred as Kate Austen in the ABC television drama Lost, was a flight attendant.
