Will Ferrell
This might come as a surprise, but in high school, actor Will Ferrell wasn’t the class clown, as you could’ve expected, but quite the other way around: he made a mark on the football field. Ferrell was a member of the school’s football team and held the school record for the highest number of field goals. Will’s father was in the show business, and the instability of his job discouraged Will from going into this business.
However, in his senior year of high school, Will’s interest shifted from football to comedy, and he started writing comic skits with a friend, reading them over the school’s intercom system, and performing in the school’s talent shows. He always had a cheerful disposition and won the title of Best Personality superlative by his classmates. In a way, Ferrell was born to this profession, even if he tried to deny it. He worked shortly as a hotel valet and as a teller as Wells Fargo, but both jobs were a failure and ended surprisingly quickly.