Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

Hilary Swank's parents divorced when she was 13, leading her and her mother to decide to move to Los Angeles for her acting aspirations. They lived out of their car and booked auditions over payphones until they scraped enough money to get an apartment.

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Lil' Kim's father kicked her out as a teenager, leaving the future star homeless for a while in Brooklyn, N.Y.

When he first made the move from Indiana to Los Angeles, David Letterman lived out of his red 1973 Chevy pickup truck for a while.

Djimon Hounsou, an Oscar nominee for "In America" and "Blood Diamond," found himself homeless as a teenager in Paris, France.

But before she got a taste of fame, Jewel traveled around the country living out of her van and performing wherever she could to make money.

In the early 1990s, Tyler Perry moved from New Orleans to Atlanta with the dream of staging his first play. When that production flopped, he found himself homeless and living out of his car.

In her early 20s, Carmen Electra found herself homeless in Hollywood after her boyfriend stole all of her savings and left her stranded, the actress told the Las Vegas Review Journal in 2009.

When he was 18, Drew Carey found himself homeless in Las Vegas while trying to make his way to California. The comedian has talked about selling plasma for money and seeking spare change to buy boxed macaroni and cheese.

The late Kurt Cobain was homeless for a time in Aberdeen, Wash. He's said to have lived under a bridge and slept in hospital waiting rooms.

Jim Morrison resorted to sleeping on Venice Beach for a period until he found rock stardom with The Doors.

In his 2002 autobiography "Random Acts of Badness," "The Partridge Family" star Danny Bonaduce wrote about having to live out of his car while he struggled with drugs in the 1980s.

Talk show host Don Imus reportedly sought refuge in laundromats when he was homeless after being discharged from the Marines.

Martin Sheen has said that he spent some nights sleeping on the subway during his first days trying to make it as an actor in New York City.

In 1997, Rose McGowan told Interview magazine that she spend a year homeless in Oregon and Washington.

In 1994, Kelsey Grammer told "Entertainment Tonight" that in the past he had found himself homeless, camping out with his motorcycle in an alleyway behind a theater.