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"Thomas Jane picked up a few tricks of the trade before he was cast on HBO&amp;apos;s gigolo drama Hung.\r\nThe 42-year-old tells The L.A. Times that as a struggling 18-year-old actor, he often performed sexual acts with other men in order to pay the bills. &amp;quot;As James Dean said, you&amp;apos;re going to have one arm tied behind your back if you don&amp;apos;t accept people&amp;apos;s sexual flavors,&amp;quot; Jane explains.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless. I didn&amp;apos;t have any money and I was living in my car,&amp;quot; the actor recalls. &amp;quot;I wasn&amp;apos;t averse to going down to Santa Monica Boulevard and letting a guy buy me a sandwich. Know what I mean?&amp;quot;\r\nVIDEO: Another celebs&amp;apos; secret stripper past\r\nJane adds that the experience &amp;quot;blew the doors off my conventional upbringing&amp;quot; and opened him up to new possibilities. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re a lot more open to experimentation as a young man,&amp;quot; he tells The L.A. Times. &amp;quot;And for me, being a young artist and broke in Los Angeles, I was exploring my sexual identity.&amp;quot;\r\nThe actor -- whose former wives include Aysha Hauer and Patricia Arquette --&amp;#xA0; doesn&amp;apos;t regret his decision to dabble in same-sex relations.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Until you&amp;apos;ve tasted the food, you don&amp;apos;t know whether you&amp;apos;ll like it or not, as my mom always said,&amp;quot; he says."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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