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Actors’ Union Says It Receives ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer From Studios
(www.nytimes.com)
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"Guest Star", unnamed character, end roll credits only, 1 ep, about 5 or 6 lines. Just over a grand before fees, about USD$800 after, not factoring year end taxes. No residuals as I wasn't a principal and it wasn't full SAG.
You got paid $800 for one-night's work and 5 or 6 lines?
And still complaining? Lol. Get a grip.
1 nights work on set (i think i got there at 6pm and ended up being wrapped about 8am), but you only work once every couple of months AND you're not counting auditions, wardrobe/fitting call, driving, So it was actually $800 for about 30 hours work (again before tax). Are you telling me that working for $25/hour gross for an overnight shift once, a few times a year is a big privilege?
Both me and my wife are actors. I do more stage, she does more commercials. We both have day jobs - mine is corporate and I either kill myself working 100 hour weeks or use my PTO when I get cast, hers is education and so just has to turn down gigs if they clash with her work.
Not to mention
I also sit on the board of three theatre companies (unpaid) and judge a few festivals (paid in free tickets to the shows I'm judging and sometimes a dinner).
If you're making less than $25/hour and working less than a few times a year, so that you can call me privileged I'd be incredibly surprised.
I don't get it. You got paid $25/hour for your work and you're still complaining, why? Because it's a gig?
Why should your gigs pay more when you can do something else useful for society while you're not getting gigs?
I'm sorry if you think your list matters at all. All it does is show me the disconnect people like you have with those who work significantly harder than you for significantly less. I think they should get paid more before you do.
Because it's not very good pay in return for a) what you have to give for it and b) more importantly — what studios get for it.
I disagree with your point A.
On point B, studios should get less. It's not that actors should make more.
This means cheaper products for audiences and more money they can spend on other things (not extra profits for studios.)
Heck, some of that money could even go towards those who work harder than you for less!
why should these workers not negotiate for better earnings because other workers in other fields work harder for less? it comes across as just silly rationalizations for the crux of the issue which is that you simply don't respect the work actors put in
Wrong. I don't respect passing a bunch of money around at the top.
If there are people who work significantly harder than you for less money, you don't need more. The guy I was replying to mentioned how much studios make vs. actors. I replied by saying the solution is for studios to make less, not for actors to make more.
Of course, if you're indoctrinated to believe everyone 'needs' more money except billionaires, then nothing I say is going to make sense. You need to learn what the word 'need' means first.