Jim Carrey was a cleaner in a factory

Jim Carry in his 8th grade worked at a factory as a cleaner and care taker along with his family. His father had lost his accountant job which made them homeless. Thus, in return for accommodation they had to work at the factory. He had to scrub washrooms at night, an 8 hour evening shift after school. This showed tremendous fall in Carries academic grades. He failed which ultimately made him an angry school dropout. Jims celebrity impersonation gave him a break to perform at comedy clubs at the age of 19, way before the television series In Living Color.