First jobs dont often portend future careers. Donald Trump collected soda bottles for the deposit money. Michael Dell washed dishes at a Chinese restaurant. But it turns out playing swashbuckler Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean wasnt the first time Johnny Depp donned makeup to earn a buck.
As a teenager, Depp fronted a Kiss tribute band, and, according to his biographer Nigel Goodall, even warmed up audiences for the B52s and Iggy Pop. On lean nights, Depp pulled in $25 a night. Only later, when he was 22, did Depp land his first acting role, in Nightmare on Elm Street. Last year, Forbes estimated the Hollywood A-lister had pocketed $29 million from his acting gigs.
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rssYes, even big shots pay their dues, washing dishes (Michael Caine), mopping floors (Jim Carrey) and bussing tables (Suze Orman) before emerging as superstars. Before she was penning fantastic tales of a boy wizard, Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling, worth
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