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> not a wealthy man by Hollywood standards

[rectang]

It’s funny, but as someone who’s worked in music production, when you say that what comes to my mind is that the vast majority of people in the entertainment industry are nowhere near as wealthy as David Lynch. “Hollywood standards” to me is several struggling actors sharing a flat.

[steveBK123]

It's like the Bill Murray quote though - I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it.

The entertainment industry is filled with a lot of more-famous-than-rich people. By these numbers David Lynch (at 78) was probably as wealthy as 1000s of random (and anonymous) successful Mag7 SWEs are at retirement.

[WalterBright]

Lots of people who are paid well are not at all wealthy, because they spend nearly all their income, and sometimes forget to pay taxes.

See Will Smith.

[supportengineer]

Somewhere there is a mere single-digit billionaire who feels poor next to the double-digit and triple-digit billionaires.