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Taylor Kitsch Recalls 'Sleeping on the Subway' During Period He Spent Homeless Before Friday Night Lights Fame

Taylor Kitsch recalls "sleeping on the subway' during period he spent homeless before 'Friday Night Lights' fame. He also opens up about how the show changed his life.

When the actor moved from Canada to New York City in 2002 to pursue modeling and acting, he couldn't make ends meet, "I was literally sleeping on the subway," Kitsch, 43, tells PEOPLE. Those perks did come though when Kitsch — who was raised by his mom Susan, who worked for the BC Liquor Board, in a trailer park — landed the role of beloved bad boy Tim Riggins in FNL in 2006. Kitsch is working to further serve the sober community by building a nature retreat on 22 acres of his land in Bozeman, Mont., where he moved in 2021 after 15 years of living in Austin, Texas.

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