Trying to make it in Hollywood? Financial situation of many makes it even harder.

Hollywood in some ways is like Capitol Hill or even Wall Street. It’s a place where the young and ambitious go to slug it out for power and/or fame. But in these places those without money are at a steep disadvantage. And debt is sapping hope.

(From The Hollywood Reporter)

“I owe $104,530 in student loans,” says Brian Kemm, an aspiring screenwriter who also works as a production assistant on a variety of film sets and as a bartender. “And it will be higher by the end of this call.”