George Clooney once gave 14 of his closest friends each $1M in cash, and even paid the taxes on it for them – with one condition: they all had to take it or none of them got it.

All of these people had helped him out while he was struggling as an actor. He crashed on their couches, some paid his rent for a month or two, and other cover car payments or helped him out financially with what very little they had. Richard Kind who is one of his best friends let him live rent free in his apartment for a while because he wasn’t getting steady work. Richard was a lead actor on spin city and really helped him out.