Her parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment. She starred opposite Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman as the title character in Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby
At the age of 21, she lived in homeless shelters as she tried to pursue a Hollywood career in spite of her mom's disapproval. She starred in movies such as Catwoman and Swordfish.
Before she got a taste of fame, she traveled around the country living out of her van and performing wherever she could to make money. She is a multi-platinum singer-songwriter, poet and actress. Her debut album Pieces of You yielded the hit single "Who Will Save Your Soul."
Before breaking through on "American Idol," She once lived out of her car after her Los Angeles apartment burned down.
After "Star Trek" went off the air in the late '60s, he found himself living out of his pickup truck while picking up some work in summer stock theater on the East Coast.
This late singer was homeless for a time in Aberdeen, Washington. He's said to have lived under a bridge and slept in hospital waiting rooms. In 1992, his bands album Nevermind hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
When he first made the move from Indiana to Los Angeles, he lived out of his red 1973 Chevy pickup truck for a while. He went on to host a very popular show late at night
This actress couch-surfed at the age of 18 after her parents disagreed with her decision to pursue a career in Hollywood.In 1998, she starred as a federal marshal with George Clooney in Out of Sight. The film was nominated for an Oscar.
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When his mother became seriously ill, he dropped out of school at age 16 to care for her. Soon after, his family was forced to live out of their VW bus. He frequently plays a character who wears green or is green and is a detective for pets.
When he was 18, he found himself homeless in Las Vegas while trying to make his way to California. The comedian has talked about selling plasma for money and seeking spare change to buy boxed macaroni and cheese. He took over as host of the popular show The Price is Right.
When this young actor successfully auditioned for "Avatar," he was living out of a car he bought with the $2,000 proceeds from selling all of his possessions.
Before he found fame as James Bond, he had turned to sleeping on a park bench in London as a struggling actor.
Before his role in Apocalypse Now, it was said that he spent some nights sleeping on the subway during his first days trying to make it as an actor in New York City.
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