When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing<\/p>\n After Jack Black was his usual 11 while filming A Minecraft Movie<\/a>, he and Paul Rudd brought out their comedy energy for the Anaconda reboot<\/a>. In each and every movie that Black stars in, his dedication to his craft never fails to make us laugh. If you can believe it, the comedic actor had a very different job before landing his big break, which he hilariously described as \u201cmy soul is being sucked.\u201d<\/p>\n Plenty of celebrities had weird jobs before becoming famous<\/a>. Hugh Jackman was a clown, Brad Pitt was a chicken restaurant mascot, and Ashton Kutcher was a cereal factory sweeper. As for Jack Black, he got real with Paul Rudd on Rotten Tomatoes Trailers<\/a> about what job held him over before his acting career launched, and I\u2019m surprised it didn\u2019t work out for him:<\/p>\n Oh my God, this is a shameful answer. I never had a job. \u2026 I did have a job. I did one day of telemarketing, and I didn’t make one sale. And I was like, \u2018I can already tell my soul is being sucked.\u2019 And I bailed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Paul Rudd\u2019s spit reaction to his co-star\u2019s first job still cracks me up! Yes, many of us have been there with the \u201csoul-sucking\u201d jobs before we hit the mark with our careers. But sometimes the best life stories have not-so-glamorous beginnings.<\/p>\n I\u2019m honestly shocked that Jack Black had issues making sales. After all, acting is about convincing an audience that you are the character you\u2019re portraying. With sales, you have to give just as convincing a performance to sell your product. But as sales is more structured, I can understand why it wasn\u2019t the right job for Black.<\/p>\n After telemarketing didn’t work out, Jack Black certainly wasn’t going to settle for another job he wasn’t happy with. Here was the plan he came up with going forward that he stuck with:<\/p>\n I made a decision right then and there. [I was like,] \u2018It\u2019s show business or bust. I\u2019m going all in on acting and music and, if I can\u2019t do it, I\u2019ll just live at my mom\u2019s.\u2019 \u2026 I had no plan B, no back-up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n That sounds like a born performer. While parents may recommend a backup career as a safety net against a competitive industry, the Shallow Hal star clearly couldn\u2019t see himself doing anything other than acting or music. I give aspiring artists a lot of credit for their dedication to their dreams, no matter how tough they are.<\/p>\n Fortunately for Jack Black, his dedication to his dreams of being an actor paid off. He landed his first acting job, appearing in the TV commercial<\/a> for the video game Pitfall!. The Tenacious D member\u2019s career went further with a small cameo<\/a> in the Tim Robbins movie Bob Roberts. <\/p>\n After many small roles, Paul Rudd actually got the credit for launching Jack Black\u2019s career<\/a>.<\/a> After his own audition didn’t work out for High Fidelity, the Ant-Man actor recommended Stephen Frears to cast Black in his rom-com. The aspiring actor\u2019s film debut ended up being one of his best movies<\/a>, along with School of Rock, Nacho Libre, Kung Fu Panda, and more. Good things really do come to those who wait.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n