White Lotus star Aubrey Plaza ate peanut butter for lunch and got fired a lot in her early acting days: 'It's not a good feeling — it sucks.'

• Getting famous hasn't made her think differently about her finances.

• She talked about her humble beginnings and paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle.

• She doesn't know much about money despite her dad working in finance.

After her roles in the comedies " Parks & Recreation" and " Emily the Criminal", she became a household name, and later became known for her serious acting chops.

The now "White Lotus" star sat down with WealthSimple to talk about money.

She said that people have strange relationships with money. You don't talk about it because it makes people uncomfortable. There are a few big reveals from the interview.

She was pretty short on cash starting out

Plaza opened up about what it was like to waitress and work odd jobs in Queens in order to land her first acting roles. She said she ate scoops of peanut butter for lunch and was often fired because she couldn't afford it. It doesn't feel good, it sucks.

She decided she wouldn't have loyalty to any of the places she worked because acting came first, and if a manager didn't respect that, she would just quit.

She wasn't born into means — but her parents worked hard to change their circumstances

The actress was well known for her humility. When I was 20, my mom gave birth to me. My father was raised in a bad neighborhood in Philadelphia. My mother was poor in Delaware.

Plaza was able to change her situation from her parents.

She said that he was a wealth management person.

Plaza seemed to have learned the most about her relationship to money from her parents' example of hard work. It was insane how hard they worked.

She says that her dad was a Puerto-Rican and was able to do this as a white man. He's great at it.

Even though her dad works in finance, she still doesn't know much about money

Plaza said that her relationship to money was unaffected by her acting success. I don't pay much attention to money. I don't want to be in that situation again, I need to be responsible and I don't want to be in that position again like when I was in Astoria.

She said that her father did not teach her anything about money.

Plaza said back then that she would be fine with all her money being gone. I sometimes fantasize about getting back to where I came from.

You can't tell if she means it from her look.

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