Shelter Quote by Jared Leto

When I moved to L.A., I had nothing but a computer, a lighting set, and a suitcase.

— iJustine

I just never felt like I belonged anywhere. I always had a stick with a little knapsack attached.

— Michelle Rodriguez

I carried $5000 when I went to Washington. I returned with barely $90 in our pockets.

— Andrew Jackson

I got a job as a coat check girl at a nightclub - this was in my first few months of being in L.A.

— Iliza Shlesinger

Nobody ever gave me anything. Everything I got I had to work for.

— Collin Sexton

After high school, I had $2,000 saved, and I packed everything I could into my '95 Nissan Sentra with no air-conditioning, and I drove…

— Anonymous

When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless, I didn't have any money and I was living in my car.…

— Thomas Jane

I moved to New York in 2003 with about $100 bucks in my pocket and a suitcase.

— Bobby Berk

I had been living in L.A. for about nine months, and I was kind of at that point where I was ready to go…

— Phoebe Dynevor

I was adrift for a while. I worked as a substitute teacher; I sold cars.

— Ed O'Neill

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

— Amanda Seyfried

I'd been out in Los Angeles for about eight years, knocking around. I actually, instead of waiting tables, worked in offices as a temporary…

— Jenna Fischer