"When I moved to New York and was trying to get a job on stage, and was broke and got offered a TV movie,"
"I was like, 'Hot dog, put me in front of that camera. Let's do it!' And now that it has continued to evolve, I still love my job."
"I took a couple of thousand dollars, and put it away in a retirement account that I still have. I think it's now worth like $2,005,"
"I used that money to help me pay first and last month's rent and an apartment finders fee for my first real apartment with my friend."
Jennifer Garner began as a low-paid New York theatre understudy earning $150 a week and originally intended a stage career rather than film or television. Financial necessity prompted a move to on-camera work starting with a 1995 television movie, and she pursued steadier-paying roles. Early on she supplemented income by babysitting and saved initial paychecks into a retirement account, using that money for first and last month’s rent and an apartment finder’s fee. Garner maintained frugality as earnings grew and later launched Once Upon A Farm, which went public at a $724 million valuation.
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