Demi Moore reveals ‘embarrassing’ first job before acting breakthrough

Demi Moore reveals her surprising first jobCredit: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

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00:00So, I was about 14, and my job was to work

00:06at a collection agency because I had a very deep voice,

00:10so they didn't know it was a 14-year-old

00:12on the other end of the line.

00:15So it was a very funky office in deep Hollywood,

00:21and I would take the bus.

00:23I would work four hours at school,

00:25and then I would take the bus deep into Hollywood

00:28in this really dingy, dark office and get on the phone.

00:31It was really kind of embarrassing having to call people

00:33to say that their bills were overdue.

00:36Give me an example, like, hello?

00:38You know, I couldn't even remember.

00:42But, you know, just to say, like, you know,

00:44you're, you know, gonna beat, I can't tell you.

00:49I'm gonna send two guys named Rocco over there

00:51to repossess your Cutlass Supreme?

00:53Yeah, that could be it, yes.

00:55Wow. Yeah.

00:56So you were threatening people as a 14-year-old.

00:58I was being assertive.

01:00Sure.

01:01Professionally assertive.

01:02Yes. All right.

01:04Okay.

01:06It's good training because you had to act.

01:08It was definitely a role I was playing.