When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.
I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
It's taken me a long time to get back into the industry. People were not really open to me working, or being a part of the industry.
I didn't grow up with a lot of money, so my mom didn't have random money to buy me a car, and I didn't have money to have a car unless I worked, so I didn't get a car until I got my first job at 18.
I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.
There were some jobs I wanted that weren't necessarily right for me at the time. The ones I thought I'd never get, I got. As long as I am doing the best work I can possibly do at any given time, I can't do any better than that.
I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.
I had three jobs my junior and senior year of high school. I worked for the gas station and worked for a pizza place.
I never had a car in high school, and I never had a car in college. I wasn't much of a run-around.
My dad was pretty old school. I've had a job since I can remember, and it's not like he was like, 'Hey, what kind of car do you want?' My first car was a '91 Ford Crown Victoria that was $1,000. And I had to buy every car after that. I had to do it all.