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

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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

fortune.com/2025/06/03/multimillionaire-jimmy-fallon-college-dropout-rejection-found-success-snl-gen-z-advice-the-tonight-show-host

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…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-06-03 15:33:28.