However, creatives without a trust fund have to find other ways to support themselves.
I have that piece of paper still.
Everything I owed my mom, I had it written down."
I was like, ‘Mom, don’t even worry about that mortgage anymore.
It doesn’t even exist anymore.
‘…Honestly, anyone in my position, you’d do that for your mom.
Of course you would."
In total, the rapper lent him $43,000 over two summers which he paid back with interest.
And it was early!
He felt like, Damn, you cant be messed up, you need money!'"
4.Robert Townsend’s directorial debutHollywood Shufflehad a $100,000 budget, which he self-funded.
And that’s when I said, ‘I’ll finish it with credit cards.’
…And I didn’t tell anybody what I was doing.
Nobody really knew because I didn’t want people to go like, ‘You’re doing what?’
I was just quiet and like, ‘OK, I can figure this out.’
And then we finished the last pieces of the movie.
And I just remember people would come in like, ‘Rob, when we going to shoot again?’
She also had support from her fans, who raised $50,000 during the show’s first season.
She toldMoney.com, “There were definitely moments of despair.
Just thinking, ‘Will I ever get out of this hole?
Will I ever make enough money to get out of debt?
‘…I got completely out of debt the second season ofAwkward Black Girl.
It was the second time I was able to be debt free.
The first time an aunt had passed, and bless her heart, she had left us an inheritance.
So when I ran up a few cards again, I was devastated.
This time I knew it was for real.”
He toldGQ, “I was a single guy.
All of us were aging.
I was 52 or something.
I’ve slept on their couches when I was broke.
They loaned me money when I was broke.
They helped me when I needed help over the years.”
He continued, “And I’ve helped them over the years.
We’re all good friends.
And I thought, you know, without them, I don’t have any of this.
So why the fuck am I waiting to get hit by a bus?”
Kevin continued lifting Tiffany up professionally.
Hes like, ‘I dont want that money.
You keep that money.
Hes like, ‘I dont want your money.
Just know your lines and be good in this damn movie.'"
On the set ofNight School, she finally paid him back bytossingcash at him on set.
He toldDeadline, “But I did it without a thought.
It has thrown my accountant into a fucking conniption fit.
But its my life, and I believe in the idea and the story.”
It paid off, as the filmreportedlymade $4.4 million at the box office.
It was like, Youre not going to be alone.
Im not going to be alone.
Lets go out there and do this together.
Matt explained that any money they earned from early roles went into their joint account.
After doing [1993’s]Geronimo,I probably had 35 grand in the bank.
I was like, were good for a year."
