16 Liam Neeson was an Irish amateur boxer, worked as a forklift driver, a truck driver, an assistant architect and dropped out of studies in physics and computer science, all before the age of 25.

The Irish actor loved being a boxer as a teenager and won Irish Youth Championship. He gave boxing up when he was 17 because of a brief blackout he had after one of the fights. He also had a penchant for teaching and attended St. Mary’s Teaching College for that.(source)

17 In his first grade, Ryan Gosling, inspired by the movie “First Blood”, took steak knives to school and threw them at other children during recess.

Through most of his childhood he was bullied and had no friends until he was 14. He was heavily influenced by the action in the Rambo movie First Blood. The incident with steak knives caused him to be suspended from school. He was later diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed Ritalin.(source)

18 Johnny Depp has played guitar for Marilyn Manson, Oasis, and Aerosmith.

He has also played guitar for the movies Chocolat and on the soundtrack of Once Upon a Time in Mexico. A cover song of Carly Simon’s called “You are so vain”, for which he was the lead guitarist and played drums, was included in Marilyn Manson’s album Born Villain. He also performed live with him at Revolver Golden Gods Awards in 2012.(source)

19 When Jim Carrey was a teenager their family was forced to relocate and work in a factory. They had to live out of a Volkswagen camper van until they could return to Toronto.

He and his family were forced to relocate from their town when things started to get difficult for them. They all worked at a factory as security and janitors at Titan Wheels factory. Jim also worked 8-hour shifts to help his family which took a toll on his performance at school and his grades and his morale. They later left work factory and lived out of a van until their lives returned to a financially stable situation.(source)

20 Oprah Winfrey suffered years of sexual abuse, ran away from home at 13, and gave birth to a son prematurely who died shortly after, yet went on to become the world’s first African-American billionairess.

Oprah experienced a lot of molestation by her cousin, uncle and a family friend. Her grandmother was also abusive and would beat her with a stick if she did not do her chores or did anything wrong. Her family didn’t believe her when she tried to discuss it at the age of 24 and they sold the story of her pregnancy and son which she stated made her feel betrayed.(source)