Today, Brad Pitt is one of the most recognizable stars in Hollywood.
But his career wasn't always so glamorous, according to his interview with James Lipton on "Inside the Actors Studio."
After dropping out of the University of Missouri's journalism school two weeks before graduation to become an actor, he had to get odd jobs to pay the bills. He ended up donning a chicken suit to hand out flyers and attract customers to the chain restaurant El Pollo Loco.
Pitt also told Lipton he "drove strippers" as a job. In addition to providing transportation for them, he said he was responsible for various things throughout the parties, like playing the music.
"Then you had to catch the clothes so the guys didn't steal them as they came off. And then you had to try to collect the money at the end and get out of there alive, and it was not always easy," he added.
Pitt said that job led him to his acting coach, Roy London, after a woman he worked with recommended one of London's classes.
For years, Pitt took on small roles on TV shows and in movies before gaining more widespread fame in films like "Thelma and Louise" (1991) and "Interview With the Vampire" (1994).