Gal Gadot. The beauty we know as Wonder Woman endured so many camera tests and rejections that she told her husband she couldn’t’ take it anymore. When she landed the lead for Wonder Woman she was actually shocked.

Bradley Cooper. Cooper started off as your typical struggling actor, landing small parts here and there until his role on Alias. However, his part was gradually cut shorter. On top of this, he was battling depression and had to take a whole year off after tearing his calf muscle while playing basketball. It was a combination of these factors that made Cooper want to leave the industry for good.

Scarlett Johansson. During the early years of her career, Johansson was tired of feeling exploited as a female in the industry. She thought about quitting altogether and forging a new career path, but decided to stick with it.

Chris Hemsworth. After his role in Star Trek, Hemsworth struggled to find work. As it got harder, he contemplated moving back to Australia and leaving it all behind.

Melissa McCarthy. McCarthy was a struggling actress working two jobs and couldn’t even get auditions at one point. She planned to leave the industry at the age of 30 if she hadn’t landed anything, but was called back for Gilmore Girls a week before her birthday.

Emma Watson. The young actress was only nine years old when she landed the part of Hermione in the Harry Potter series. She had a hard time dealing with all the attention and didn’t like the glitz and glam of Hollywood. Watson planned on leaving the industry as soon as the series ended, but realized she had a powerful platform to voice issues such as women’s empowerment.

Elizabeth Olsen. Olsen wanted to quit showbiz for good because she felt trapped in the shadow of her sisters, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. However, she stuck with it and has gone on to star in several notable roles.

Jon Hamm. Before he was Don Draper on Mad Men, Hamm played a role in the Mel Gibson film We Were Soldiers. He was about to give up on acting when he landed that role.

Daisy Ridley. Ridley was working at a pub and hadn’t been taking her acting career too seriously. However, she landed her role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and became an instant star.

David Harbour. After State of Affairs was canceled, Harbour lost hope of finding another great role. He landed a part on Stranger Things shortly after.

Robert Pattinson. Pattinson was struggling to land parts when he auditioned for Twilight. He thought the audition had gone terribly and called his parents to say, “I’m done, I can’t torture myself anymore.” However, he got a call for the movie the following day.

Henry Cavill. Cavill was seriously struggling before he landed Superman and The Witcher. He was ready to let go of acting altogether and join the armed forces.

Millie Bobby Brown. The British actress caught the showbiz bug at the age of 8. She never attended any acting classes but wanted to set out and make a career in Hollywood. She landed some small roles, including parts on Modern Family and Grey’s Anatomy but almost gave up because she wasn’t landing anything big. Then everything changed when she landed the role of Eleven on Stranger Things.

Kristen Stewart. A young Kristin Stewart drove around LA with her mom hitting countless auditions and receiving nothing but rejection. She was about to give up on acting and decided to give it her all for one last audition, which happened to be Twilight.

Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo auditioned for over 600 roles without finding success. The rejection took a toll on him and he seriously thought about giving up. It was his mother who pushed him to keep trying, and eventually he landed his breakout role in You Can Count on Me.

Viola Davis. Before The Help, Davis played small parts on television and worked in theatre. She was acting in some very low budget stuff and was about to give up when she got the part in this major motion picture.

Claire Danes. Danes struggled to find work for two years and was contemplating a career switch to interior design. She then landed the starring role on Homeland and now has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Brie Larson. Larson started acting at the age of 9, playing smaller parts and even recorded a pop album that didn’t do so hot. She was beginning to think Hollywood wasn’t meant for her and applied to colleges to study marine biology. This is when she got the call for United States of Tara, and her career took off from there.

Zoe Saldana. During her time filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, the 23-year-old actress didn’t like the elitist attitudes of producers and the issues that went on behind the scenes. She thought the industry wasn’t for her, but stuck with it and went on to land major parts in Star Trek and Avatar.