14. Sarah Jessica Parker
The Sex and the City star is worth $90 million, but she lives a fairly humble life. Throughout her childhood, her family survived on welfare and she was always at the front of the line to get a free lunch ticket in elementary school. Her experience apparently had an impact on her adult life and she’s very careful of how she spends her money. Parker refrains from spending money on lavish vacations, expensive restaurants and private jets. Instead, she keeps the clothes that she wore for her part on Sex and the Cityand her children’s wardrobe consists of hand-me-downs. At an early age, she helped to bring in income for her family by taking on singing and dancing gigs. Parker revealed how she ended up on Sex and the City and why she almost turned the haughty script down. Her agent, Kevin Huvane, arranged the gig between Parker and the creator, Darren Star. She said, “He called me up and said, ‘Darren Star reached out to me. He’s written this pilot (Sex and the City) and tells me he wrote it with you in mind—you were in his head when he was writing it.’” However, when she met with Star, she was quite hesitant about taking on the role. She said, “I met with Darren, and there were a couple of concerns that I had. Like I really wasn’t keen on doing nudity and language issues, but Kevin continued to say to me, ‘This is different. You have never done anything like this before. No one’s ever done a part like this. Do this.’” Eventually, she decided to take the role.
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