Jimmy Fallon dropped out of college in his last semester—he then lived on $7 a day and had cardboard furniture before landing stardom on SNL

Jimmy Fallon Recalled Being So “Obsessed” With “Saturday Night Live” That He Thought About Killing Himself If He Wasn’t Cast By 25

“I would rewatch it and study it… I almost became so obsessed in high school that I couldn’t really hang out with anyone while I watched the show.”View Entire Post ›

Jimmy Fallon dropped out of college in his last semester—he then lived on $7 a day and had cardboard furniture before landing stardom on SNL

Multimillionaire TV host and actor Jimmy Fallon knew at 12 he wanted to join SNL (Saturday Night Live)—so he dropped out of college, lived on cardboard furniture, and survived on $7 a day to get there. His advice to Gen Z? Don’t let rejection stop you: “If you stop trying, you get boring tomorrow.” Could you live on $7 a day? For Jimmy Fallon, that’s what it took to survive the treacherous path toward success in show business.  As a comedian try…