If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to be paid accordingly, but I qualify as a character actor. I don't put a bum on a seat.
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You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as some kind of artistic endeavor. At its best, it is that. But the fact is, most of the actors out there don't earn $3 million a picture and can't afford to take two years off between films and look for the right thing. Most of us are tradesmen.
There is a vast difference in the pay package of every actor. Actors are also exploited at various levels, but when we are established, we get paid fairly well. But at times, if an actor asks for a hike, he/she may even get boycotted.
I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.
How much do you have to pay someone to be in a George Clooney/Alexander Payne film? Nothing! Because everyone in the world wants to be a part of it. Therefore you pay nothing. And that continues until you become something they need... I'm not that kind of actor. I'm blue collar and very replaceable.
Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.
Actors are sellers, and I figured out a long time ago that if you wanted to work a lot, you had to be on the buying side.
There are a lot of people out there who offer roles to actors because they'll elevate their movie to a place the movie would never reach.
As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in these bigger parts for these types of movies.
Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.
Actors are people who are doing a job they want to do, which isn't the case for many of the people who watch what we do.
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