(Oh, and he played God, but for that role, he didn't need a plane to get around.) Nonetheless, Freeman has had ample occasion to draw on his military experience over the course of his illustrious career, having played, among other roles, a black soldier in the Civil War, a brigadier general dealing with the outbreak of a deadly disease, and even the leader of the Free World himself. Spending 30 years in a line of work that you don't love is the biggest mistake you can make." There was only one other choice in my life and that was acting." Says Danziger: "You have to follow your passion. "I got sidetracked because I also thought I wanted to be an adventurer." But during his military stint, Freeman's dreams of becoming a fighter pilot hit reality: "I was 21 years old when I had the opportunity to sit in a plane and say, this ain't it. Payoff: "I knew as a teenager what I wanted to do," Freeman, who turned down a drama scholarship to Jackson State University to enter the Air Force, told.Like her ex-husband, James Cameron, Bigelow says she doesn't take 'no' well, which is how she got Hollywood behind the idea of a woman making a macho war film like The Hurt Locker. Bigelow has graduated from building things to blowing them to smithereens on screen. "I would sand the floors and put up these Sheetrock walls, and he would do the plumbing," Bigelow told Time. Payoff: It sounds like a pitch for an indie film - Bigelow renovated Manhattan lofts in the '70s with famed minimalist composer Philip Glass.Previous jobs: Painter, construction worker."They never give up." And, he adds, they don't take no for an answer, even when the goal seems impossible: "The guy who makes Titanic - what do you do for an encore? Well, he did." "One thing that comes across with all these is the tenaciousness of the creative drive," says career coach Jim Borland. That led to a job as a miniature model maker for the Roger Corman studios, then a job in special effects. But what jump-started Cameron's career was his frustration when he first saw Star Wars in 1977: Cameron felt that was a movie he should have done, and with friends, he quickly filmed a science fiction short. Payoff: Before he landed a film job, Cameron was a truck driver writing scripts on the side: "I remember pulling the truck over to the side of the road and hiding behind a billboard to write for 20 minutes, hoping that the other drivers wouldn't see me," he told The Hollywood Reporter."Sometimes you have clients you don't like, but you have to serve them," Danziger notes. Karen Danziger, managing partner of executive search firm Howard-Sloan-Koller, says that not only did Mo'Nique learn about "the extremes of human nature," she received a quick course in customer satisfaction. In addition to providing fodder for her humor - "I laughed all night," Mo'Nique told The Insider - and management skills ("I actually had to connect the call and make sure were doing the call properly," she explained to The Advocate), the job helped her gain what Hollywood manager/producer Lou Pitts calls the value of "an experienced life." Payoff: The actress/comedienne/talk show host wins the odd job sweepstakes: Before her rise to the top, Mo'Nique worked on a phone sex line, monitoring the, uh, entertainers, and making sure they were keeping their customers satisfied.
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