"My goal is to maintain a life as free of any need for an income as possible. If there's a financial need that comes up, I'll go take some work or do an odd job, for cash to fulfill that need."
"I didn't want to go work some job that was basically meaningless, making widgets to entertain people or distract people,"
"I no longer wanted to live a life of "manipulation, of other people, in how I speak to them, in the stuff that I make or produce... including myself, as an addict.""
Bug Hall left Hollywood in 2020 with his wife and five children and moved through Texas, Michigan, and Ohio before settling on an 80-acre plot near Mountain View, Arkansas. He adopted a vow of poverty, gave away his acting earnings, sold most belongings, and plans to build a self-sufficient family home with its own electric and plumbing systems. He describes himself as a "radical Catholic extremist" and seeks to live off-grid. A 2020 arrest and struggles with relapse prompted a rejection of Hollywood's lifestyle and a desire to avoid meaningless work and manipulation. His goal is to minimize dependence on income and take occasional odd jobs for cash only when necessary.
Read at The Independent
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