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When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella of the shop - always cleaning and vacuuming!

— Lea Michele

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college.

— Imelda May

I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it.

— Richard O'Brien

When I was 17, I worked at a bagel shop - I ate so many! I was also in all the school musicals, which we rehearsed for during the afternoons.

— Jenna Ushkowitz

I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school.

— Paul Dano

I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman.

— Nile Rodgers

I did every odd job you could possibly imagine: Holding a sign in the rain for 14 hours straight, sweeping up cigarette butts, pouring coffee, running around - anything I could to be on a film set. I wanted to be in the business. So I'd say, 'You need that job done? Fine,' and I became indispensable to people.

— Michelle MacLaren

✗Opposing Perspectives

I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and I'm going to go shopping during my five-hour shift.

— Wale

I've worked everywhere. I worked in a warehouse packing surf supplies, a restaurant washing dishes, in retail, and I was a 'sandwich artist' at Subway.

— Margot Robbie

When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.

— Aida Turturro

The best job was when I was at drama school and I cleaned flats in the Barbican. I loved it. They were spotless anyway, so you'd just watch the telly and flick a duster around.

— Sarah Parish