Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on Leave

Re:Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on... by oh_sigh on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:53PM (#16190689)

Can you even work as an actor in Hollywood without being part of the SAG?

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Re:Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on... by dizzystar on Friday January 19, 2018 @06:38PM (#16190966)

Yes, there are many non-union acting roles available. You aren't going to get rich from them.

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Re:Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on... by chimeracoder on Friday January 19, 2018 @08:24PM (#16191473)

> Yes, there are many non-union acting roles available. You aren't going to get rich from them.

You're not really going to get rich from any acting roles.

Even at the 99th percentile, most actors don't make a ton of money, and the employment is both sporadic and punitively taxed. So those who are rich are generally those who were independently wealthy to begin with.

For every actor you read about who's making multimillion dollar contracts year after year for franchise movies, there are literally thousands who are making a modest living at best, or barely scraping by at worst.

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