Steve Buscemi | Source: Reddit
This photo collection of celebrities when they were relative unknowns is interesting. In some cases, such as Brad Pitt at age 14, they're completely unrecognizable. Some, despite being in their youths, are at awkward, "ugly duckling" stages, while some youthful versions appear to be more attractive than when they were older.
In the photo above, Steve Buscemi was working as a New York firefighter. According to the Wall Street Journal, he left that job in 1985. But the day after 9/11, Buscemi wandered around ground zero until he found his old firefighting team. Once he located them, the actor spent almost a week working with them, digging, clearing debris and even handling body bags. Some people come into fame and fortune, but they remain down-to-Earth, compassionate and in touch with the everyman.
See more photos of public figures before they were famous here.
Brad Pitt at 14 (front Row, center) with his basketball team, which he named himself | Source: Coleman-Rayner
Christian Bale, 1988 | Source: Reddit
Sarah Silverman at a casting call, 1980s | Source: Reddit
Oh, Brad -- the hair.
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"Empire of the Sun" came out in 1987. How did Christian Bale get a poster of it to put on his wall 3 years earlier?
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