Alan Rickman. (Photo: Archive)
James Gandolfini. (Photo: Archive)
Ken Joeng. (Photo: Archive)
Naomi Watts. (Photo: Archive)
Christina Hendricks. (Photo: Archive)
Jessica Chastain. (Photo: Archive)
Steve Carell. (Photo: Archive)
Dustin Hoffman. (Photo: Archive)
Lupita Nyong’o. (Photo: Archive)
Leslie Nielsen. (Photo: Archive)
Jeremy Renner. (Photo: Archive)
Jon Hamm. (Photo: Archive)
Connie Britton. (Photo: Archive)
Samuel L. Jackson. (Photo: Archive)
Regis Philbin. (Photo: Archive)
Jane Lynch. (Photo: Archive)
Harrison Ford. (Photo: Archive)
Morgan Freeman. (Photo: Archive)
Christoph Waltz. (Photo: Archive)
Kathryn Joosten. (Photo: Archive)
Bryan Cranston. (Photo: Archive)
Melissa McCarthy. (Photo: Archive)
Tina Fey. (Photo: Archive)
Kristen Wiig. (Photo: Archive)
Jenna Fischer. (Photo: Archive)
Billy Bob Thornton. (Photo: Archive)
Ang Lee. (Photo: Archive)
Judi Dench. (Photo: Archive)
Gene Hackman. (Photo: Archive)
Patrick Stewart. (Photo: Archive)
Joe Manganiello. (Photo: Archive)
Joy Behar. (Photo: Archive)
Ricky Gervais. (Photo: Archive)
Sylvester Stallone. (Photo: Archive)
Kathy Bates. (Photo: Archive)
The celebrities in this list prove that we should never give up on our dreams. All of them made it big later on in life and we applaud them for keeping at it!