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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 'Black-ish' Star's Best Money Advice [Watch (HLS stream): 'Black-ish' Star's Best Money Advice](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oCcOYdsd.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2016-08-03. Actor Allen Maldonado explains the financial sacrifices he made to hit it big._ --- Jul 27, 2023 8:33 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [MONEY Staffers' Best Financial Advice from Dad](/video/0bI50AM3/) ### MONEY Staffers' Best Financial Advice from Dad [Vanguard CEO's Best Financial Advice and Biggest Money Mistake](/video/JSneDLWc/) ### Vanguard CEO's Best Financial Advice and Biggest Money Mistake [MONEY Staffers Share Their Moms' Best Financial Advice](/video/J8A0K5ok/) ### MONEY Staffers Share Their Moms' Best Financial Advice --- ## Transcript Well my financial advice to anyone that's considering acting is to be very particular on how you spend your money. Divide it in needs and wants, and you have to be very strict. You have to be honest with yourself. Cause a lot of things that we want aren't necessarily what we need. I worked at a clothing store for three and a half years making minimum wage and I had to save every dollar to the point where I spent two dollars a day on lunch every day, getting some dollar rice and some dollar chicken from these restaurants nearby and that was lunch for three and a half years. And I put all of my money into my acting and going to college at the time, to the point where somebody stole my radio out of my car. And it was either pay for the radio or pay for the acting classes for, I think, two weeks. I drove around for a year and a half No radio in LA traffic. [ LAUGH ] Yes, yes. Sacrifice, sacrifice. That's the biggest suggestion is, save your money. Be very wise with it and sacrifice. Every dollar should be an investment. I have a theory that money isn't money I don't look as money is money. A dollar is a dollar. I look at it as opportunity. Every opportunity should create another opportunity. And if you think, if you switch your mind to that then your financial decisions will be better. Because yes you could spend $ 150, $ 200 dollars now on a pair of Jordans but how is that going to make 150 more opportunities? Every dollar should be investing whether it's in equipment, or it's time, or it's something that will create other dollars. 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