When Hilary Swank was 6 , her family prompt into a trailer parking area . Nine years afterwards , her parents divide , and she and her female parent relocated to LA , where they lived in their car until they could open an apartment . After winning her first Oscar , she proudly proclaimed that she was still a coupon clipper ship because " when you open up the paper and you see those voucher , it looks like dollar mark bills stare you in the facial expression . "
Budgeting and money management are important skills to learn, and many people who learn them early in life follow the same financial habits as they grow up, even if they become fairly wealthy.
Here are 16 celebs who grew up with little and remain careful with their money now:
1.THEN:Shania Twaingrew up as one of five kids, and she sometimes went to school hungry. She toldNightline, “It’s very hard to concentrate when your stomach’s rumbling.”
She was covetous of her schoolfellow ' lunches but too embarrassed to ask for help . She say , " I would sure never have humiliated myself enough to reach out and ask for assist and say , ' You know , I ’m athirst . Can I have that apple that you ’re not going to eat ? ' I did n’t have the courage to do that . "
NOW: Penning an advice letter to her 26-year-old self forRefinery29, she wrote, “Be frugal. Save for a rainy day.”
She continued , " At 26 , I never knew where or when my next job was conk out to be . I made my clothes last as long as they could , just stretch everything out as much as potential . I would get originative with mending and grease one’s palms different frock sizes and human race ’s items with designs . I was always reinvent my dress , cutting jeans , sewing buttons , painting something different on my shirt or something like that . It ’s a good way to have an individual style . "
2.THEN:Cardi BtoldGlobal Grind, “I have real good parents; they [are] poor. They have regular, poor jobs and whatnot.”
She continued , " They [ are ] real beneficial the great unwashed and whatnot ; I was just raised in a big society . "
NOW: She toldSway’s Universe, “I’m very cheap, I don’t care. Sometimes ya might see me with the jewelry, but I’m always looking at my account.”
Cardi added , " I ’m not the one that wanna take jets everywhere . I do n’t handle . I ’m really cool in Delta first class . That ’s $ 30,000 , $ 20,000 , on what ? My ears still pop , " she said .
3.THEN:Eva LongoriatoldBuzzFeed News, “We didn’t have any money growing up. I grew up at the Boys & Girls Club, I grew up at the Salvation Army folding coats for their winter, I grew up at soup kitchens every Thanksgiving. That was just the way it was.”
She keep , " My kinsperson is a very altruistic family because we benefit so much from all these community computer programme that my mammy was like , ' We have to give back . ' And the only way we could do that was by volunteering . We pay it forwards . "
NOW: Even as her star rose, she prioritized her financial well-being over a flashy lifestyle. She told BuzzFeed News, “I was saving my money from the [Desperate Housewives] pilot because I didn’t think it would get picked up. … It was a great pilot, but I started to look for my next gig.”
Additionally , when she see her first Cannes Film Festival in 2005 , she fatigue an low-cost clothes that she purchased herself . She toldPeoplemagazine , " I was like , I ’ll just wear this one , this knit amber , that feels right . Nobody would ’ve bed it was a $ 40 clothes . "
4.THEN: Born to parents who were only 18 and 20,Tobey Maguirebounced around different relatives' homes as a kid. He toldParademagazine, “The truth of the matter is, I realized at a young age that I was responsible for myself. … Growing up the way I did, I had a very serious ambition to make some money, to have some security and comfort in my life.”
He also say , " I experience like you could drop me anywhere in the cosmos , anonymously , and I ’d figure out how to hold up . If you stripped forth everything I ’ve got — the money , the renown , the possessions , everything — I know that I ’d find a way to get along because basically , that ’s what I ’ve had to do all my life . "
NOW: He toldParade, “When I first started being successful at this, financially speaking, I was very conservative with my money. That was definitely a product of where I came from. You know those Lotto winners who win big and then blow through all the money? That would never happen to me.”
Tobey said , " I just never wanted to put myself in the military position where my spending was so huge that I had to keep piss movie after moving-picture show . "
5.THEN: Jessica Alba toldGlamour UK, “I grew up in survival mode. It was almost sort of what I was born into. My parents didn’t have a safety net; they were living paycheck to paycheck. And so the mentality of ‘tomorrow’s not guaranteed’… For me, I was like, ‘I got to do everything I can to keep my head above water.'”
She go along , " I reckon because no one had any expectations that I would be successful , how could you miscarry ? I was n’t set up — no one was like , ' Oh my god , you ’re going to be … ' They were just like , ' Here ’s your aliveness . ' And I was like , ' This is some bullshit . I want a better life than that . I do n’t need to be in survival mode all the meter . ' "
NOW: As a parent herself, she teaches her three children about saving and sustainability. She toldSheKnows, “Honor grows out of clothes, and then it gets passed down to Haven instead of Haven buying brand-new stuff every time. And Hayes even inherited some of Honor and Haven’s clothes.”
She said , " I do a lot of , like , sharing and trading with those types of things , like clothes or other house item . We try out not to make anything just go to thriftlessness . "
6.THEN: Cameron Diaz toldStellamagazine, “I had amazing parents; they were awesome. We weren’t privileged — very much the opposite. My family would collect cans to turn in for extra money, because $20 meant something to us.”
She contribute , " But we were very felicitous . "
Cameron also toldStellamagazine, “I come from a frugal upbringing, so I’m not just going to throw my money away.”
She continue , " I love to be close to my kinsfolk and friends , so I spend money on plane tickets , having feasts , buying a gross ton of groceries and cooking , or drop dead out for an awing meal , bed I do n’t worry about how much the bill cost . "
7.THEN: Jessica Chastain told theIrish Times, “I did grow up with a single mother who worked very hard to put food on our table. We did not have money. There were many nights when we had to go to sleep without eating. It was a very difficult upbringing.”
She add , " Things were n’t easy for me growing up … Because of my female parent , I do always taste to think about how something must be for someone else . I ’m not so interested in myself . I ’m concerned in other people . "
NOW: She toldMarie Claire, “I used to have a lot of anxiety about how I was going to stay afloat, because as soon as I graduated, I never asked my parents for money. I always supported myself through acting and would make money last a long time. I understand the value of money, and I’m not an impulsive buyer.”
Jessica continued , " I bought a young laptop computer three year ago , and before I bought it , I spent a calendar month intellection about buy it . So my life-style has n’t modify , except my anxiety about paying the rent is fit . "
8.THEN: Mila Kunis was 7 when she and her parents moved from Ukraine to the US. She toldCover Mag, “We came to this country with literally nothing, and so any level of success is important to us. They never wanted me to become an actress because it’s such an unstable and unpredictable profession.”
She said , " When you ’re immigrant and you have to work hard for everything just to hold up , it ’s only natural that you worry about have a stable job and income . "
NOW: On theConan O’Brien Needs a Friendpodcast, she said, “Because I am an immigrant, I think that creates a different perspective on what the value of a dollar is and what hard work is … I’m a big supporter of Groupon. I have walked into restaurants with a Groupon; I use it all the time.”
Mila also say that she had a lot of financial anxiety before marrying Ashton Kutcher , who helped her manage those feelings .
She told O’Brien , " I was such an extreme , ' I ’m gon na be broke tomorrow ; I ’m not gon na have a job ' — I was always living my life … so cautiously that it guide me the longest time … I was like , ' But we ca n’t buy this house . ' He was like , ' What are you talking about ? … I call you , we can do this . ' "
9.THEN: According to the Beatles’ biographerBob Spitz, Paul McCartney grew up in poverty, as did his bandmates Ringo Starr and George Harrison.
The only Beatle to come from a " solidly middle - socio-economic class " kin was John Lennon .
NOW: He taught his children to save money and value their possessions. His daughter Stella McCartney toldNet-a-Porter, “I’ve grown up in a family that doesn’t chuck stuff away. And it sounds silly, but I didn’t have a huge amount of money as a kid. My mum and dad were really clever; I went to a comprehensive [school] and I wasn’t given a load of cash, so I would go to vintage and secondhand shops and markets to buy clothes.”
She continued , " I think that ’s kind of the future , and I would advance kids to rent clothes and buy secondhand because you do n’t have to always go for that quick fix . It ’s way more exciting and cooler . "
10.THEN: Tiffany Haddishenteredfoster care at 13. Two years later, she and her siblings were put in their grandparents' custody, but they stayed in the system because the subsidies helped the family’s financial situation. After striking out on her own, she experienced homelessness three times.
She toldGQ , " I think that was God teaching me a moral over and over . I was n’t paying attention the first two clock time . "
NOW: Her priorities are taking care of her family and saving for retirement. She toldInsider, “I’m trying to create something so when I turn 55 or 60, I don’t have to work no more. I’m not about to spend it all up right now.”
She lend , " I contrive on living to at least 75 . I ask some money to play with . "
11.THEN: Dave Grohl grew up in an impoverished, single-parent family in Virginia. He told theGuardian, “I never needed much, and I never thought I’d get more than what I had.”
He said , " A stumble to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me . Heaven . "
NOW: He told theRed Bulletin, “[All my money] goes straight into my bank account, where it turns all moldy and smelly.”
He added , " I drive a menage car — not a monster SUV , but a family car that equip five people . I ’ve got a household that is just large enough , too . "
12.THEN: While working as a child actor, Sarah Michelle Gellar attended a private school in Manhattan on a scholarship that covered half of her expenses. She told theIndependent, “I can remember this kid having an engraved Tiffany money clip when I barely had enough money for my bus pass.”
She append , " I was different , and that ’s the one thing you ca n’t be at school , because you ’re shun . I did n’t have the money these kids had . "
NOW: She toldCNBC Make It, “I saved [my firstBuffy the Vampire Slayerpaycheck]. I think I was very well aware already … you heard all those stories about actors that make money and people run off with it. And I remember thinking,If I ever had money like that, I would know where it was at all times.”
Sarah also toldCNBC Make It , " I cut voucher to this day . I ’ll never block , one time I was at Bloomingdale ’s , and they had these coupon — Bloomingdale ’s has really sound voucher — and I was taking them all out ; I was doing holiday shopping . And someone behind me turned around and enunciate , ' I ca n’t believe how long you ’re take . Why areyouusing coupons ? ' I think back take care at her like , Why should I compensate more ? Like , if there ’s a voucher there , I ’m go to habituate it . Just because you ’re successful does n’t entail that you should be errant in your outgo . I ’ve never believed that . "
13.THEN: Tyler Perrygrew upin an impoverished family in New Orleans, and he was unhoused for a time.
He toldForbes , " I get laid when people say you get from ' humble beginnings . ' [ It ] means you were hapless as hell . "
NOW: Michael Jai White, who starred in Perry’s showFor Better or Worse, toldVlad TV, “I make movies on a shoestring budget. I look at it kinda like Tyler Perry does … Tyler is frugal … Tyler will not waste stuff.”
He continued , speaking of Tyler , " It ’s like , ' That craft service mesa ? We can use that in this dig . ' "
14.THEN: When Halle Berry first moved to New York City to pursue acting, she ran out of money within three months and temporarily lived in a homeless shelter. She toldThe Jess Cagle Interview, “I called my mother and asked her to send me some money, and she said no, and that subsequently led to a year of not speaking to her because I was so upset that she wouldn’t help me.”
She extend , " That ’s in all probability one of the expert things she did for me … She state , ' If you want to be there , then you work it out . ' And I had to crop it out . … And shelter life was part of figuring it out for a minute until I could get a waitressing job . Then I got a bartending job , and until I could figure that out , that ’s what I did . "
NOW: She told theDaily Record, “I am pretty frugal. I save a lot because I am always worried about when this trip is going to end.”
Halle also said , " I am very thankful for my honest fortune , but one of my biggest fright is that I could lose it all . I am not someone who has to have 10 cars and lots of ball field . "
15.THEN: When Hilary Swank was 6, her family moved into a trailer park. Nine years later, her parents separated, and she and her mother relocated to LA, where they lived in their car until they could afford an apartment.
She toldTogethermagazine , " For me , when multitude say , ' Wow , you grow up in a lagger . ' But it did n’t experience like that . I did n’t finger , ' Oh , poor me , I ’m in a trailer park . ' It was n’t a bad experience . I had a ceiling over my head and I had intellectual nourishment , and so it was n’t that being poor and have those experience was a negative . The negative part of it was learning about class at such a untested eld , not from my friend , but from my friend ' parents , who would say , ' You are n’t to advert out with her . ' At 6 years sure-enough , to have a parent say , ' You ’re not welcome in our home , you need to go . ' Or , ' You ca n’t toy with my son or girl . ' Now I see children , I just think , How could anyone do something like that ? "
NOW: Appearing onLive With Regis and Kellyafter her first Oscar win, she said, “I am [a coupon clipper]. You know, when you open up the paper and you see those coupons, it looks like dollar bills staring you in the face.”
Hilary added , " People [ who see me give away with coupons ] just go , ' Wow ! You do it , too ? Cool ! ' "
16.And finally, THEN: Sarah Jessica Parker, who grew up as one of eight siblings, told theNew York Times,“We were on welfare. I knew I was different from the kids who pay for lunch or bring their lunch from home. It was a stigma thing. I was not the only person receiving a free lunch, but you are aware.”
She cover , " I remember my puerility as Dickensian . I remember being misfortunate . There was no great style to obliterate it . We did n’t have electrical energy sometimes . We did n’t have Christmases sometimes , or we did n’t have natal day sometimes , or the bank note aggregator came , or the sound fellowship would call and say , ' We ’re shutting your phones off . ' And we were all old enough to either get the calls or watch my mother ’s reaction or see my parents shuffle the money around . ''
NOW: She told the Times, “That is why I have such a weird relationship with money. And it is why I can be profligate and super frugal. And I think it is rather warped, since it comes from this desire to save, save, save.”
Jessica carry on , " My friends know me so well , and they know how panicky I am of being break , and they believe it is hilarious and humorous . In the casing of the entertainment industry , actresses have this window , and the window close every day a little bit more . The profit potential falls and the window is closed , and I am really cognizant of that . I have no illusions of who I am or what I look like or what I have to offer . "
