PICS: Celebrity Dream Jobs

It's no secret that Patrick Dempsey loves to race.  The actor known for his beautiful man hair has driven the pace car in the Indianapolis 500, and has raced in both the Rolex 24 at Daytona sports car race and the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race. Though he has jokingly said that he's retiring from Grey's Anatomy to race full-time, we bet all the McDreamy fans are glad that the news isn't true!

Bonnie Hunt was an oncology nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago before she hit it big, and the experience has obviously stuck with her. "I was a nurse in my heart from the time I was a little girl and I was fortunate enough to have parents who steered me in that direction," she told NurseZone.com. "But I also always loved the art of storytelling, whether it be through acting, writing, directing or just listening to patients tell me their life stories."

Steven Segal has always played a tough guy in his guilty pleasure films, but his action-star persona actually became a reality when A & E cameras followed him for 2009's Steven Segal: Lawman. In the amusing reality series, Segal performed his duties as a reserve deputy sheriff in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Angie Harmon confessed to Oprah that her ideal job is to be a homicide detective, just like her character Detective Jane Rizzoli on TNT's Rizzoli & Isles. Oprah made Harmon's dreams come true last year when she sent her to the National Forensic Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee, where medical examiners were so impressed with her that they wanted to hire her! "And I would take the job," she said. 

Though a lot of women love getting manicures, Serena Williams took it one step further when she enrolled herself in classes to become a certified nail technician. The popular tennis champ showed off her skills on The Oprah Winfrey Show, when she gave Oprah herself an on-air pedicure in 2010.

Who's The Boss star Tony Danza has a degree in History Education, and fulfilled his dream to teach when he became a 10th grade English teacher for one year at Northeast High School in Philadelphia. Cameras followed his experience for the A&E reality series, Teach: Tony Danza, which aired last year.

Emma Stone is so serious about baking that according to her The Amazing Spider-Man co-star Andrew Garfield, she has actually been looking into interning at a bakery for free. "The thing that sums her up for me is she wants to be a baker," Garfield revealed to Vanity Fair. "She's serious about it."

It's no secret that Robert Pattinson has dreams to become a musician. The super sexy Brit even contributed two songs to the Twilight soundtrack, Let Me Sign and Never Think. "Music is my backup plan if acting fails. I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket," he told the Los Angeles Times in 2008. But with the Twilight franchise still hotter than ever after three films, and two more highly-anticipated installments on the way, it's safe to say that he won't be needing that backup plan!

Believe it or not, being a world famous celebrity hasn't always been the dream job of your favorite celebs. From Emma Stone's serious desire to intern with a baker, to Serena Williams' self-proclaimed "obsession" with nails, check out what these celebs would be doing if their glamorous day jobs didn't pan out!