With 'House Party 4,' I did it with my own money, and I sold it to New Line.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I believe I made it in show business.
I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
I made my money the old-fashioned way; I inherited it. I think that's a great thing to do.
I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing.
House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.
I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany that they weren't paying me for my acting, for God's sake, but to own me. And from then on, it became clear and an awful lot easier to deal with.
I used to play Donna Karan. I used my dad's home office, and Kim was my assistant. Then one of our friends would play a buyer, and I would take her to my mom's closet and show her the new collection.
I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
Instead of dumping all my money on an independent film that nobody would watch and most people would make fun of behind my back, I decided, 'I'm just going to buy a house.'