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Can some movie people explain to me what this means? What is a SAG ?
SAG-AFTRA is the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
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Actor union. They are unhappy with their wages. I think the average actor in Hollywood makes like $25 an hour.
It's also very inconsistent work since you are not always acting in a show or movie, and it can be very tough to book new roles.
Plus the new deal studios want really sucks: background actors to be scanned and paid for one day, and then their digital likenesses can be used forever. You’ll get paid once and never work again…god forbid your Q score is high; they’ll make your doppelgänger a star and leave you waiting tables.