The joke there is mostly about the secondary implication. People actually do buy movie-making gear and loaning it out to people a way to earn cash/favors or ne

The joke there is mostly about the secondary implication. People actually do buy movie-making gear and loaning it out to people a way to earn cash/favors or network in the industry. Luis Guzman owns a ton of camera gear that he still keeps in his lower east side apartment and that he lends out to crews of movies produced by friends of his. The closer you end up to low-mid budget filmmaking in your career, the more you'll be sourcing equipment from people.