I did extra or background atmosphere for about 10 years while living in LA. We got paid at the time 40$ for the entire day whether you worked 2 hours or 13 hours. It’s the contract that we signed - and they worked us all day. And we were treated like cattle. Move here, move there, ok you’re fine - get lost. I dreamt of breaking into a larger role but never did. So I gave up to work a regular job, went to college and built my own life. The industry can be really hard when you’re not famous.
I did too from 1982 until 1990 we were paid terribly. I got my SEG and later SAG and we were still treated like sludge and without true representation. I did do some great stuff, but the dues were just a means to makes us broke and back down to the crappy 40.00 a day.
I like many of the American actors and English singers and performancers. they are so cool in the movies and onstage. However, outside they are down on earth as normal people like everybody else.
Yeah that was very smart of you. TBH if something isn't working out for you, then you need to pick another career/job. It's not just the entertainment industry that's getting slammed. There are far less jobs now due to automation, just go to your local bank and big box stores, where now there are plenty of self-checkouts and ATMs that are far more sophisticated than they were even 5 years ago. Even gas stations now have self-serve registers. More and more industries are becoming like this. Even the medical field. Time to invest in another career.
The industry gets a lot of labor for cheap selling dreams and fantasies to its workers as well as its audiences. It's the business of bullsh*t and if you're not selling it you're probably buying it, maybe even both.
Keanu was suchba saint when he gave part of his salary to the people working on Matrix. If everyone was like him i believe Hollywood would be a better place
He has always been humble, he still rides a bike and subway to many places and also lives in a regular home, nothing over the top, he truly is and awesome person
Some of these poor people are struggling to make it on just a few hundred thousand a year! And, they have to do what they love for a living! It’s sick! How can you treat people like this who only want to entertain you and maybe diddle your kids every now and then. Something must be done to keep these gems of society above the poverty line!! I SuPPoRt teH AxTorz StrIkE!!
Exactly This comes off as spoiled.. my mom was literally paid the minimum wage allowed to be an extra and got paid $30 an hour to sit in a chair 13 hours a day, she was happy with it, in fact she said it pays dare I say *W E L L* People just being greedy seeing other people who have more and going ‘that’s not fair!’ while having no empathy for people who have a lot *LESS* than them.. sad self centred world we live in, not just top down, human society is rotten to the core
Interesting interview 👍 It seems AI is not just a convenient tool but a troubling reality that affects many industries. At the end of the day, it's not the technology... but the greed that drives decisions.
What people are not realising about AI and scanning actors faces is that they don’t have to actually use ANY ONE SINGLE ACTOR’S SCAN. They could use 100s of actors features to create a single AI generated actor. You won’t be able to claim any compensation because you won’t know how much of your likeness was used
I guess someone should tell the actors that nobody is going to movie theaters now, dvd's and blu rays don't sell and most of the streaming channels are losing money. They picked an awful time to strike -- the industry is nearly dead already.
They really prey on the people trying to make it. It’s so sad that the people running the studios know that they can take advantage of people just trying to get their foot in the door.
The only company that has an agreement with the actors and writer's unions is A24. That company is dependent upon the other media companies for everything other than theatrical distribution.
Time to stop paying over-paid actors like Tom Cruise & Brad Pitt 20 million per movie and spread that around the entire cast. You don't see Tom Cruise on the picket lines. If there was more transparency over how much people in the same production were being paid, I'm sure there would be an uproar!
@@ktoth29 Apparently Margot Robbie was paid 12.5 million for Barbie. I wouldn't brag if I were her right now. I think they should have delayed the release until the strike is over.
@@ktoth29 Cruise probably makes that, but he also executive produces and buys the rights to Franchises such as "Mission Impossible". Also, apparently Cruise had a major involvement in getting "Top Gun Maverick" to the screen, so he would get at least 20 mill, but it would be for all his roles on the film, not just his acting.
Are they not capable of forming their own studio? They have the actors and the writers, can be or find the directors. They need to make a few low-budget-yet-popular films, make their own money and be their own studio. I am NOT saying they're wrong for the strike.
That's the real question. Watching the Nanny and her friends complaining about CEO corporate fat cats. Why not start your own production and distribution companies and you can writers and actors however much you want.
@@immealldayeveryday9425 Tom Cruise did it and the collective power of the SAG members on strike have far more sway, influence and resources than one man.
If it’s SAG’s rule about having to make $26K+ to qualify for health insurance, then that’s something to change too. Many people outside of the entertainment industry make more than that and get no insurance. So while I agree writers should make more, my pity only goes so far.
I'm a comical leading man. I am SAG. Every agent and talent manager claims "they are not looking for new clients at this time." I support the strike over low pay. However, I want to make sure, I am not striking to help movie stars only.
I'm not happy about writers and actors being out of work but I'm more than ecstatic to see Hollywoke burn to the ground. Actors and writers need to start seeking out independent film makers. MAKE STORY TELLING GREAT AGAIN!!!
Losing Hollywood might be a good thing. It’s been twenty five years since anything decent was created. CGI is being heavily depended on. It made Hollywood lazy. Now they have an app for everything. We don’t even need to be alive to enjoy or suffer from it because they probably have an app for that too. Let Hollywood sink. Let it go. It’s time to clean up Dodge. 🤧🙄
A few thoughts. 1. Actors were declared essential during the pandemic yet the lady running a food stand next door to a set wasn’t. 2. I saw a video of Jon Cryer on the picket lines. He made ~650k an episode on two and half men. 3. Pareto predicted this in the 1890s 4. Make something entertaining and I might consider buying it. Take this for what you will.
So just because Jon Cryer happens to be one of the better paid actors in the industry, he can't come out to support his colleagues in their efforts to receive better wages? That's like saying that a shift leader shouldn't walk out with their shift to stage a protest against the restaurant or retail establishment they all work in, just because their rank is higher and so is their pay...
Two and a Half Men was Cryer's biggest success in his career. Nothing else he did in 30+ years in film/TV came close to that. Hundreds of other actors aren't that lucky, even when they're on "successful" Netflix shows.
Only the main stars make the most. Some ppl complain about $1 residual, but fail to mention 100's of 1000's off other projects. Time for actor's to find actual work, since this country has a worker shortage.
It is amazing to watch rich actors and actresses complain. When they do, I roll my eyes so hard that I fear they may get stuck there! 🙄 But extras? If what some say is true, then yes, that is not fair at all. Pay everyone a fair wage according to how they do their job and what the work consists of. 40$ for a full days work is slave pay in America no matter the job! 😠 😡 😤
Times have changed and the gig is up (no pun intended). Many factors led them to the place they are in today. These actors and writers will have to look into other career options. Even the A-list actors will eventually encounter these very issues. This happens in a lot of industries. Jobs change, demand changes, and people are forced to reinvent themselves and go into other careers in order to support themselves. The truth is, entertainment industry is not essential work and many people found other ways to entertain themselves during the pandemic. The consumer has a lot of options now.
I agree - it happens to most of us in our lifetimes. Times change and we're forced to adapt. I don't see how most of them will ever be able to make what used to be "the norm". The entertainment industry is changing. I don't have cable tv because I stream everything and the only movie I've gone to see in the past 4 years is The Sound of Freedom. I wait until they're streaming. I didn't see them taking a stand for the millions of people that lost their businesses during covid. Those people had to adapt and many of them are still trying to recover :/
@@Pamlg 💯. You’re right, they didn’t care or protest when small business owners were forced to shut down and we’re losing everything and when Joe Schmo was told his/her job was “non-essential”. What’s an even bigger slap in the face is how they threw all their support behind “peaceful protestors” during the summer of hell and even bailed the rioters out of jail. I have no sympathy for Hollywood. When you throw a boomerang, it always comes back to you.
@@viktoriebartosova3798 I agree, they are terrible shows now. But when the average American was told during the pandemic by our govt that their job was “not essential” and they were forced to not work, close their businesses and struggled to support themselves and families, while these self entitled Hollywood actors were allowed to play dress up and make believe, it changed something in the American people. I’m not supporting any strike in which the the laborer plays make believe all their career. Sorry, but their job is not a real job, it’s only entertainment and a person can find 1 million in 1 ways to entertain themselves these days including playing with poop on a stick.
Well maybe it wouldn't be terrible if all of hollywood just disappeared. Maybe, we could all spend our lives doing something a little more worthwhile than watching badly written movies and shows. No tears here.
These actors and actresses should be starting up their own things to generate revenue: put on plays, UA-cam, etc. Show these production companies you don't need to depend on them!
It’s the same for indie filmmakers who have no idea how much their films are making on the platforms. We need a law where a third party oversees the analytics of every platform so there is fairness.
Why don't musicians get this kind of support and airtime when they speak out? Or athletes and models? Why don't all in the entertainment industry ban together and support each other?
bob iger[s base salary was $3 million, and he earned a cash bonus of $22.9 million. most of his salary is stock options. That way less than the top actors get PER MOVIE.
@@aaronjjacques No, there was a published listing of the earnings of the last years of each of the media companies CEO. The companies that collectively control what all actors get, including the handful of "top actors" who at minimum get paid for one movie. And money isn't the only issue that the actors and writers are striking over.
@fromthehaven94 yeah I saw the list published by the union. They COMBINED salary and options together to come up with the number. They are the top 0.1% of the EMPLOYEES of the companies. Either compare Apple to Apple. Aka regular employee vs regular actors or superstar vs presidents.
@fromthehaven94 most of the "earning" came from beating estimates. If those actor took 15% and contributed to the matching stock plan they would share in that upside.
These fat cats at the top that bring no talent to this industry are the problem. This strike is important, without the writers and actors, you don’t have entertainment. That is the problem with all these over paid CEOs, that regardless of failing, get their bonuses. All these companies are standing on the backs of the workers that make them the money. I think unions are going to make a major comeback to the workers in North America. Keep up the good fight, the future workers in your industry will be standing on your shoulders and will thank you for your sacrifice. In solidarity ✊🏼
except the writer were offered access to the stock option plan that regular employee gets. The same stock options that the CEO uses to get their "insane" pay. And they rejected it because they wanted to be paid first.
I do not have to see a new tv show or film until after the writers and actors and everyone else that works on movies gets a fair deal. Damn tired of the rich exploiting the workers to get even richer while the workers starve or are homeless. Forget that. This time the workers should get a fair deal or they can strike until the CEO's of all the relevant corporations get fired for losing so many billions for their greed and stupidity. Without the talent, the creativity and the passion of these people, the CEO's and their 'shareholders' would make zero revenue. Let us, the consumers of the workers passion and creativity remind the rich that we don't need them, they need us so give the workers a fair wage and decent benefits, it will cost them very little. Do not and see how life looks in the unemployment line.
At least 2% are making big money. There are no teachers making that, I assure you! Perhaps they should stop paying athletes and actors such ridiculous amounts of money so there is more to go around.
This comes off as spoiled.. my mom was literally paid the minimum wage allowed to be an extra and got paid $30 an hour to sit in a chair 13 hours a day, she was happy with it, in fact she said it pays dare I say *W E L L* People just being greedy seeing other people who have more and going ‘that’s not fair!’ while having no empathy for people who have a lot *LESS* than them.. sad self centred world we live in, not just top down, human society is rotten to the core
hope musicians get together too because not only the movie/series streaming services are taking advantage but also music streaming service and influencers too they just use the work of others to become rich
@@imperialstrategies6065 Yup Woke falsehood, it's more politics than art and looking out for each other to sustain the movie industry. That's intense if the studios get that contract, they can just reuse their likeness mannerism, speech and movements as CGI with AI and it will be indistinguishable from the AAA Hollywood Star like that Deepfake Tom Cruise but pay no residuals to the actors X-D. The vice of greed, the executives know that actors grow old and will be replaced by younger ones but if they continue using today's actor's and it's all about the money not art anymore, very few future AAA actors will be produced. Honestly the actors should just form their own studios, each would be an owner but then later they might become whom they despise (this was what happened to George Lucas and Lucasfilms when he became big). God bless just laws.
Part-time work deserves part-time pay. And once you have been paid for that part-time work, you don't deserve bonus paychecks (residuals) just because somebody else makes money with it. There are MILLIONS of people who would love to write and act in movies & TV. You aren't special... you're just lucky. You're not "on-strike"... you quit your job last week. You just don't know it yet.
@@YourSwollenToeThe actors and writers aren't living in reality. Studio revenue is down about 60% since before the pandemic. Nobody is going to movie theaters anymore. DVD and Blu Rays have all but stopped selling. The majority of streaming channels are losing money. An actor / writer is just as useful nowadays as a blacksmith shoeing horses. It's a dead career where the jobs will evaporate. They are being totally unrealistic.
Nah. If another movie is never made from Hollywood I won’t shed a tear. Entertainment doesn’t drive society and is not essential. Every industry and sector goes through the same eventually.
This is why the casting couch has been so long-standing. Mediocre talent has to fight and claw for auditions and callbacks. Knowing this full stop Have another plan. A plan b to support yourself until Acting can. It’s the same with injured athletes. What happens if a career is cut short? Or when you are forced to retire? Back ups and planning ahead .
Hollyweird is full of NARCISSISTS and is rife with drug addicts, alcoholics, perverts, deviants and PEDOPHLES. Those people sold their souls not for money but for FAME. Writers today are talentless hacks who haven't had an original idea in years, if ever. All they do is steal Classics or stories that were written by talented authors many, many years ago. Then.they butcher and rewrite it until it's turned into WOKE GARBAGE, then they try to force it down people throats.
They don’t have real careers and I think they are just now finding this out. The industry has changed and evolved just like many industries do and it seems the gig is up for them. They need to look into other career/job options.
If the actors and writers are guaranteeing more movies like the ones we’ve been treated to over the past couple of years, please please stay on strike. I have plenty of good tv shows and movies to watch and even re-watch if necessary.
I find it humorous and quite ironic that the “actors” that make tens of millions per film are the ones the mainstream media goes to for a sound bite on the disparity of income. When the “A” list actors stand up and demand lower pay so that the people at the bottom can get a raise, I’ll have faith in the industry. If one makes less than $26K per year as a professional in an industry where other people on the same project make hundreds of times more than you, you need to rethink your career path because you’re being taken advantage of.
Acting are jobs of choice and no shame about vanity . America is full of steady paying jobs . They may not put one on the camera but the paycheck is steady
As an audience member, I fully support SAG/AFTRA, and I don't care how long there's a work stoppage. I will continue to support them for as long as it takes.
Nah they reaped what they sow... Price of conformity and now they're paying for it.. These writers and actors .. Who alienated and hated their audience .. Who chose politics over artistic quality ... They no longer make content for us.. They chose the actvists and Blackrock's ESG points ... Entities that do not pay or care about them ... Sell outs get what they deserve ...
Discussions, like those at Swingers Diner on Beverly Drive, have been taking place all over Hollywood. Recently, at Jay London's comedy show inside Kanter's Kibbutz Room on Fairfax in Hollywood the harsh realities of the WGA SAG-AFTRA strike have settled in as well. Whether it's Swingers or Kanter's Kibbutz Room, until Fran Drescher gets the Writers Strike resolved, the only people affording Swinger's Breakfast Granola or Kanter's Corned Beef Reubens and pickles will be the AMPTP studio chiefs, agency reps and the occasional mail room bootlickers. Beside the demand for 8% of the “ streaming residuals “ the AI acceptance by actors is a major sticking point that needs to be totally rejected.
I support the actors and writers. I don’t have a problem not watching tv or using streaming services. I cut the cord years ago and just pay for 3 streaming services now. However, I barely watch them most of the time. I had already start thinking about pausing or dropping these services for a bit for that reason. Now that I am aware of the strike, I may go ahead and do it. Maybe the strikers should ask their supporters to do this pause/temporarily drop their streaming service) to help them make a point. If they do, they should try to do it in an organized and strategic way and see just how powerful of an impact it might have on the current situation. Maybe folks aren’t willing to give their streaming services up permanently, but doing it for a short period of time is doable for many. If a large enough group of folks do it for a period of time or even on an ongoing rolling bases it might send a message that the studio executives and streaming services can’t ignore. I would do this to show my support. Anyway, just an idea I thought was worth putting out there if it hasn’t been thought of already.
Actually from what I've read until now, boycott will be counterproductive, because it will show that the products are not needed (not watched) and the stats on new shows will go down, proving they should not be renewed. UNTIL the striking guilds actively ask for boycott, it's better to keep the contracts BUT also watch the c...p out of everything they offer, to produce traffic.
Not only did they continue working, they did nothing to help the small business and restaurants. So many people lost everything and these actors didn't care or even notice.
When the coal miners lost their jobs due to the change of technology the actors told them to learn to code. Now when actors could be replaced by technology we should all tell them to just learn to code.😊
These guys better be careful! This isn't a unionable job! It can be done by many people in many places! They could very well just send another job overseas
Who is this actor never heard of him and seeing the movies and tv shows he played in probably because your part in the movie or show was not that good or the revenue the outcome was.
@@mr.kilpatrick2991 Yeah no more weird scandals about celebrities. Just random free content on the internet, made by random people. No 7 seasons to catch up on. No random pressure to watch Avengers 16 or Fast and Furious 69. Feels good.
Actors and writers finding out just how expendable and irrelevant they actually are irl. Life goes on, nobody cares about this strike, it affects nobody that really matters in this country. Entertainers and performers are a dime a dozen.
I would just say that rather than hiking the cost to viewers the fat cats need to sponge less off the top and share it with the actual workers . There's plenty of wealth already .
somebody needs to stuff Ronn Perlman into a closet until all this ends. He forgets that Son's of Anarchy wasn't real, it was a part he was playing and the role has ended. He comes off like a clown. You def don't want him to be the face of this.
Actors actually believe they deserve millions for what they do? 😂😂😂 Maybe "stars" should share the wealth with other actors or get a job in the real world not in fantasy land Hollywood.
@@multioptioneddo you just talk to talk or did you listen at all? Most can’t even afford healthcare and you’re trying to make them out to be “greedy”. Very weird country we’re in
@@darrel7589my friends and I are in a band. Nobody listens to our music but we do write it ourselves. Quite frankly I think a record company should give us health insurance. Because we write. We’re writers.
Yeah, it sucks, same as what's been happening in the music industry, and maybe worse. But I quit caring about movies and television years ago and don't care if I never see either again, particularly after years of being ridiculed at and despised by Hollywood at pretty much all levels. So while I can see it's a problem, it's sure as hell not my problem. It's not as satisfying to me as watching the woke women's soccer team eliminating themselves in the World Cup after making themselves more about making a statement than excelling as a team for the country they were "playing" for. But it's close enough and things are hard all over these days. Learn to code.
That selfish and stuffy actor who goes by the stage name "Tom Cruise" just increased his fortune to more than half a billion with his most recent movie "Mission Impossible".
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I did extra or background atmosphere for about 10 years while living in LA. We got paid at the time 40$ for the entire day whether you worked 2 hours or 13 hours. It’s the contract that we signed - and they worked us all day. And we were treated like cattle. Move here, move there, ok you’re fine - get lost. I dreamt of breaking into a larger role but never did. So I gave up to work a regular job, went to college and built my own life. The industry can be really hard when you’re not famous.
I did too from 1982 until 1990 we were paid terribly. I got my SEG and later SAG and we were still treated like sludge and without true representation. I did do some great stuff, but the dues were just a means to makes us broke and back down to the crappy 40.00 a day.
I like many of the American actors and English singers and performancers. they are so cool in the movies and onstage. However, outside they are down on earth as normal people like everybody else.
Yeah that was very smart of you. TBH if something isn't working out for you, then you need to pick another career/job. It's not just the entertainment industry that's getting slammed. There are far less jobs now due to automation, just go to your local bank and big box stores, where now there are plenty of self-checkouts and ATMs that are far more sophisticated than they were even 5 years ago. Even gas stations now have self-serve registers. More and more industries are becoming like this. Even the medical field. Time to invest in another career.
The industry gets a lot of labor for cheap selling dreams and fantasies to its workers as well as its audiences. It's the business of bullsh*t and if you're not selling it you're probably buying it, maybe even both.
If you were not in the union.
Nobody pays to watch a movie or watches a show because of the ceos or executives.
They need the Teamsters President. Look at how fast UPS caved to reality.
Keanu was suchba saint when he gave part of his salary to the people working on Matrix. If everyone was like him i believe Hollywood would be a better place
He has always been humble, he still rides a bike and subway to many places and also lives in a regular home, nothing over the top, he truly is and awesome person
Some of these poor people are struggling to make it on just a few hundred thousand a year! And, they have to do what they love for a living! It’s sick! How can you treat people like this who only want to entertain you and maybe diddle your kids every now and then. Something must be done to keep these gems of society above the poverty line!! I SuPPoRt teH AxTorz StrIkE!!
Exactly This comes off as spoiled.. my mom was literally paid the minimum wage allowed to be an extra and got paid $30 an hour to sit in a chair 13 hours a day, she was happy with it, in fact she said it pays dare I say *W E L L*
People just being greedy seeing other people who have more and going ‘that’s not fair!’ while having no empathy for people who have a lot *LESS* than them.. sad self centred world we live in, not just top down, human society is rotten to the core
Interesting interview 👍
It seems AI is not just a convenient tool but a troubling reality that affects many industries.
At the end of the day, it's not the technology... but the greed that drives decisions.
What people are not realising about AI and scanning actors faces is that they don’t have to actually use ANY ONE SINGLE ACTOR’S SCAN. They could use 100s of actors features to create a single AI generated actor. You won’t be able to claim any compensation because you won’t know how much of your likeness was used
That's where Government needs to step in to create laws that protect the person's image.
Why do they need to scan anyone! Just conjur up computer actors!
@@donaldgibson8247 Yeah that's what I was thinking. They can just generate a random image and use that. No need to hire any real actors.
I guess someone should tell the actors that nobody is going to movie theaters now, dvd's and blu rays don't sell and most of the streaming channels are losing money. They picked an awful time to strike -- the industry is nearly dead already.
They really prey on the people trying to make it. It’s so sad that the people running the studios know that they can take advantage of people just trying to get their foot in the door.
Greed will destroy America.
It’s already destroyed.
Don't you mean HAS? 😊
It has and is
We support SAGAFTRA. Keep fighting. Do not give up!
Why don't the SAG AFTRA people establish their own studios and companies?
Because ironically they lack the imagination to do so.
It's a trinity... #3 you must ALSO have distribution...
The only company that has an agreement with the actors and writer's unions is A24. That company is dependent upon the other media companies for everything other than theatrical distribution.
Time to stop paying over-paid actors like Tom Cruise & Brad Pitt 20 million per movie and spread that around the entire cast. You don't see Tom Cruise on the picket lines. If there was more transparency over how much people in the same production were being paid, I'm sure there would be an uproar!
To be fair, Cruise also produces and has a big involvement in his movies, so he is not just acting in the movie.
@@dhenderson1810 yeah he's different from regular actors same goes for vin diesel and seth Rogen most actors will just be background pieces
No actor has been paid 20 million in salary since the 90’s. Jim Carrey is probably the last.
@@ktoth29 Apparently Margot Robbie was paid 12.5 million for Barbie. I wouldn't brag if I were her right now. I think they should have delayed the release until the strike is over.
@@ktoth29 Cruise probably makes that, but he also executive produces and buys the rights to Franchises such as "Mission Impossible".
Also, apparently Cruise had a major involvement in getting "Top Gun Maverick" to the screen, so he would get at least 20 mill, but it would be for all his roles on the film, not just his acting.
Are they not capable of forming their own studio? They have the actors and the writers, can be or find the directors. They need to make a few low-budget-yet-popular films, make their own money and be their own studio.
I am NOT saying they're wrong for the strike.
That's the real question. Watching the Nanny and her friends complaining about CEO corporate fat cats. Why not start your own production and distribution companies and you can writers and actors however much you want.
@@dexterwestin3747not realistic, it takes a lot of money to do this because if it was so easy everyone would just start their own
@@immealldayeveryday9425 Tom Cruise did it and the collective power of the SAG members on strike have far more sway, influence and resources than one man.
@@immealldayeveryday9425yep remember it took 100’s of years to build the infrastructure that has become this behemoth Hollywood
The fact they're in a union might be a factor
If it’s SAG’s rule about having to make $26K+ to qualify for health insurance, then that’s something to change too. Many people outside of the entertainment industry make more than that and get no insurance. So while I agree writers should make more, my pity only goes so far.
The greed of studios has always been a burden on the craft.
I'm a comical leading man. I am SAG. Every agent and talent manager claims "they are not looking for new clients at this time." I support the strike over low pay. However, I want to make sure, I am not striking to help movie stars only.
Tom cruse will fill the industry up with scientologists
So incredibly sick of these Hollywood people who think they are the voice of the general public. Can’t stand them. Stand in line!
I'm not happy about writers and actors being out of work but I'm more than ecstatic to see Hollywoke burn to the ground. Actors and writers need to start seeking out independent film makers. MAKE STORY TELLING GREAT AGAIN!!!
Losing Hollywood might be a good thing.
It’s been twenty five years since anything decent was created.
CGI is being heavily depended on. It made Hollywood lazy. Now they have an app for everything. We don’t even need to be alive to enjoy or suffer from it because they probably have an app for that too.
Let Hollywood sink. Let it go. It’s time to clean up Dodge. 🤧🙄
if you don't make enough, change your career
A few thoughts.
1. Actors were declared essential during the pandemic yet the lady running a food stand next door to a set wasn’t.
2. I saw a video of Jon Cryer on the picket lines. He made ~650k an episode on two and half men.
3. Pareto predicted this in the 1890s
4. Make something entertaining and I might consider buying it.
Take this for what you will.
So just because Jon Cryer happens to be one of the better paid actors in the industry, he can't come out to support his colleagues in their efforts to receive better wages?
That's like saying that a shift leader shouldn't walk out with their shift to stage a protest against the restaurant or retail establishment they all work in, just because their rank is higher and so is their pay...
Two and a Half Men was Cryer's biggest success in his career. Nothing else he did in 30+ years in film/TV came close to that. Hundreds of other actors aren't that lucky, even when they're on "successful" Netflix shows.
Only the main stars make the most. Some ppl complain about $1 residual, but fail to mention 100's of 1000's off other projects.
Time for actor's to find actual work, since this country has a worker shortage.
It is amazing to watch rich actors and actresses complain. When they do, I roll my eyes so hard that I fear they may get stuck there! 🙄
But extras? If what some say is true, then yes, that is not fair at all. Pay everyone a fair wage according to how they do their job and what the work consists of. 40$ for a full days work is slave pay in America no matter the job! 😠 😡 😤
Times have changed and the gig is up (no pun intended). Many factors led them to the place they are in today. These actors and writers will have to look into other career options. Even the A-list actors will eventually encounter these very issues. This happens in a lot of industries. Jobs change, demand changes, and people are forced to reinvent themselves and go into other careers in order to support themselves. The truth is, entertainment industry is not essential work and many people found other ways to entertain themselves during the pandemic. The consumer has a lot of options now.
I agree - it happens to most of us in our lifetimes. Times change and we're forced to adapt. I don't see how most of them will ever be able to make what used to be "the norm". The entertainment industry is changing. I don't have cable tv because I stream everything and the only movie I've gone to see in the past 4 years is The Sound of Freedom. I wait until they're streaming. I didn't see them taking a stand for the millions of people that lost their businesses during covid. Those people had to adapt and many of them are still trying to recover :/
@@Pamlg 💯. You’re right, they didn’t care or protest when small business owners were forced to shut down and we’re losing everything and when Joe Schmo was told his/her job was “non-essential”. What’s an even bigger slap in the face is how they threw all their support behind “peaceful protestors” during the summer of hell and even bailed the rioters out of jail. I have no sympathy for Hollywood. When you throw a boomerang, it always comes back to you.
@@viktoriebartosova3798 I agree, they are terrible shows now. But when the average American was told during the pandemic by our govt that their job was “not essential” and they were forced to not work, close their businesses and struggled to support themselves and families, while these self entitled Hollywood actors were allowed to play dress up and make believe, it changed something in the American people. I’m not supporting any strike in which the the laborer plays make believe all their career. Sorry, but their job is not a real job, it’s only entertainment and a person can find 1 million in 1 ways to entertain themselves these days including playing with poop on a stick.
Exactly taking humanity out of creativity! The future is upon us. Create something today cause in the future it will be illegal…
Well maybe it wouldn't be terrible if all of hollywood just disappeared. Maybe, we could all spend our lives doing something a little more worthwhile than watching badly written movies and shows. No tears here.
Is that really true? 80% of SAG members don't make $26,000 a year so they don't qualify for health insurance?
These actors and actresses should be starting up their own things to generate revenue: put on plays, UA-cam, etc. Show these production companies you don't need to depend on them!
It’s the same for indie filmmakers who have no idea how much their films are making on the platforms. We need a law where a third party oversees the analytics of every platform so there is fairness.
Vin Diesel made over 60 million for saying i am Groot, way underpaid he'd be better off working 40 hrs a week i guess for minimum wage
But people in unions don't support each other as they should. Once they get theirs, the tune out and ignore other Americans with the same issues.
I think before we care about Hollywood we should take care of teachers and first responders.
Seems like the perfect time to start a new movie studio and hire “free agents” to be in their movies.
Why don't musicians get this kind of support and airtime when they speak out? Or athletes and models? Why don't all in the entertainment industry ban together and support each other?
bob iger[s base salary was $3 million, and he earned a cash bonus of $22.9 million. most of his salary is stock options. That way less than the top actors get PER MOVIE.
The top actors are 1% of all in the industry. And there's also Netflix, Sony, Paramount, Comcast, and Warner Bros Discovery.
@@fromthehaven94 and what do you think the presidents of each of these companies. The top 0.1% of the employees. Apple to Apple comparison.
@@aaronjjacques No, there was a published listing of the earnings of the last years of each of the media companies CEO. The companies that collectively control what all actors get, including the handful of "top actors" who at minimum get paid for one movie. And money isn't the only issue that the actors and writers are striking over.
@fromthehaven94 yeah I saw the list published by the union. They COMBINED salary and options together to come up with the number. They are the top 0.1% of the EMPLOYEES of the companies. Either compare Apple to Apple. Aka regular employee vs regular actors or superstar vs presidents.
@fromthehaven94 most of the "earning" came from beating estimates. If those actor took 15% and contributed to the matching stock plan they would share in that upside.
i’m watching this on youtube right now, who gets the youtube ad dollars at the project?
Those hair implants have really taken off. Please do more.
These fat cats at the top that bring no talent to this industry are the problem. This strike is important, without the writers and actors, you don’t have entertainment. That is the problem with all these over paid CEOs, that regardless of failing, get their bonuses. All these companies are standing on the backs of the workers that make them the money. I think unions are going to make a major comeback to the workers in North America. Keep up the good fight, the future workers in your industry will be standing on your shoulders and will thank you for your sacrifice. In solidarity ✊🏼
Agree. Thats Capitalism. 😅
Yes, I've thought and hoped this is a comeback for unions!! 💪
except the writer were offered access to the stock option plan that regular employee gets. The same stock options that the CEO uses to get their "insane" pay. And they rejected it because they wanted to be paid first.
I do not have to see a new tv show or film until after the writers and actors and everyone else that works on movies gets a fair deal.
Damn tired of the rich exploiting the workers to get even richer while the workers starve or are homeless. Forget that. This time the workers should get a fair deal or they can strike until the CEO's of all the relevant corporations get fired for losing so many billions for their greed and stupidity.
Without the talent, the creativity and the passion of these people, the CEO's and their 'shareholders' would make zero revenue.
Let us, the consumers of the workers passion and creativity remind the rich that we don't need them, they need us so give the workers a fair wage and decent benefits, it will cost them very little.
Do not and see how life looks in the unemployment line.
Try being a teacher, policeman, nurse, waiter…these people are millionaires. Just cannot relate.
True just same for any job !!
Agree actors see the full story beyond you're sel ed
Only about 2% are making that kind of money.
Yes, as a nurse I had to be subjected to Covid. These people are non-essential. All they do are sequels and remakes.
At least 2% are making big money. There are no teachers making that, I assure you! Perhaps they should stop paying athletes and actors such ridiculous amounts of money so there is more to go around.
Maybe they should go get real jobs and see what hard work really is 😂😂😂😂😂
A lot of them did which is why they are trying to make it in acting they hate a real job but not every body going to make it in acting
It’s a real job and it’s one of the hardest in the world
This comes off as spoiled.. my mom was literally paid the minimum wage allowed to be an extra and got paid $30 an hour to sit in a chair 13 hours a day, she was happy with it, in fact she said it pays dare I say *W E L L*
People just being greedy seeing other people who have more and going ‘that’s not fair!’ while having no empathy for people who have a lot *LESS* than them.. sad self centred world we live in, not just top down, human society is rotten to the core
This is enough to make me read a book.
What's a BOOK? 😅
hope musicians get together too because not only the movie/series streaming services are taking advantage but also music streaming service and influencers too they just use the work of others to become rich
Yeah, we don't want musicians to not make enough money to fund their drug habit.
It's the same as the music industry
If they use AI it’s up to us fans to not support these films and shows 😮😮
Keep it up guys, I'm just fine with watching reruns as long as it takes for y'all to get what you deserve
Ya like rewatching shows sometimes
Are those hair plugs?
Hollywood is so dramatic! I wonder how the teacher and health professionals would feel like!
It's a cursed business...
I would say after the quality that has been coming out of Hollywierd lately,it might be better if they stay on stike for the next year😂😂
Wow. He is incredibly intelligent and well spoken.
I can't believe even Spade is affected.
God bless.
@@imperialstrategies6065 Yup Woke falsehood, it's more politics than art and looking out for each other to sustain the movie industry.
That's intense if the studios get that contract, they can just reuse their likeness mannerism, speech and movements as CGI with AI and it will be indistinguishable from the AAA Hollywood Star like that Deepfake Tom Cruise but pay no residuals to the actors X-D. The vice of greed, the executives know that actors grow old and will be replaced by younger ones but if they continue using today's actor's and it's all about the money not art anymore, very few future AAA actors will be produced.
Honestly the actors should just form their own studios, each would be an owner but then later they might become whom they despise (this was what happened to George Lucas and Lucasfilms when he became big).
God bless just laws.
@@imperialstrategies6065 it's a white institution she should know that
It's hard work being an actor. Not to mention all the drugs they need to buy.
Part-time work deserves part-time pay. And once you have been paid for that part-time work, you don't deserve bonus paychecks (residuals) just because somebody else makes money with it. There are MILLIONS of people who would love to write and act in movies & TV. You aren't special... you're just lucky. You're not "on-strike"... you quit your job last week. You just don't know it yet.
The lack of compassion here astounds me.
@@YourSwollenToeThe actors and writers aren't living in reality. Studio revenue is down about 60% since before the pandemic. Nobody is going to movie theaters anymore. DVD and Blu Rays have all but stopped selling. The majority of streaming channels are losing money. An actor / writer is just as useful nowadays as a blacksmith shoeing horses. It's a dead career where the jobs will evaporate. They are being totally unrealistic.
Nah. If another movie is never made from Hollywood I won’t shed a tear.
Entertainment doesn’t drive society and is not essential. Every industry and sector goes through the same eventually.
The actors never revealed how poorly they're being paid.
The title is probably an error
This is why the casting couch has been so long-standing. Mediocre talent has to fight and claw for auditions and callbacks. Knowing this full stop
Have another plan. A plan b to support yourself until
Acting can. It’s the same with injured athletes. What happens if a career is cut short? Or when you are forced to retire? Back ups and planning ahead .
Hollyweird is full of NARCISSISTS and is rife with drug addicts, alcoholics, perverts, deviants and PEDOPHLES. Those people sold their souls not for money but for FAME. Writers today are talentless hacks who haven't had an original idea in years, if ever. All they do is steal Classics or stories that were written by talented authors many, many years ago. Then.they butcher and rewrite it until it's turned into WOKE GARBAGE, then they try to force it down people throats.
They don’t have real careers and I think they are just now finding this out. The industry has changed and evolved just like many industries do and it seems the gig is up for them. They need to look into other career/job options.
If the actors and writers are guaranteeing more movies like the ones we’ve been treated to over the past couple of years, please please stay on strike. I have plenty of good tv shows and movies to watch and even re-watch if necessary.
agreed
I find it humorous and quite ironic that the “actors” that make tens of millions per film are the ones the mainstream media goes to for a sound bite on the disparity of income. When the “A” list actors stand up and demand lower pay so that the people at the bottom can get a raise, I’ll have faith in the industry. If one makes less than $26K per year as a professional in an industry where other people on the same project make hundreds of times more than you, you need to rethink your career path because you’re being taken advantage of.
It is tone deaf to be striking when the economy is in its current state and falling. I look forward to an AI future.
They aren’t qualified to be working in other areas in many cases. Yes they could get training but that takes years
@@karagraham9764 Then they should probably not be striking.
Acting are jobs of choice and no shame about vanity . America is full of steady paying jobs . They may not put one on the camera but the paycheck is steady
Fact! After everyone takes their cut for your WORK. U GET 15% AFTER TAXES!!!!
As an audience member, I fully support SAG/AFTRA, and I don't care how long there's a work stoppage. I will continue to support them for as long as it takes.
Nah they reaped what they sow...
Price of conformity and now they're paying for it..
These writers and actors ..
Who alienated and hated their audience ..
Who chose politics over artistic quality ...
They no longer make content for us..
They chose the actvists and Blackrock's ESG points ...
Entities that do not pay or care about them ...
Sell outs get what they deserve ...
@@carolpulma2734 Sure thing, maga. 🙄
@@dgm2485 Oh ok budlight drinker ...
Go shop at target with your map buddies ...😃
Just had to pick one of two sides ..
How truman of you...
Take the job people offer you. They're willing to give you a paycheck
I will be reading books until this strike is settled.
What's a BOOK? 😅
Between this devastation and “climate change” these people really have a haunted life!
Discussions, like those at Swingers Diner on Beverly Drive, have been taking place all over Hollywood. Recently, at Jay London's comedy show inside Kanter's Kibbutz Room on Fairfax in Hollywood the harsh realities of the WGA SAG-AFTRA strike have settled in as well.
Whether it's Swingers or Kanter's Kibbutz Room, until Fran Drescher gets the Writers Strike resolved, the only people affording Swinger's Breakfast Granola or Kanter's Corned Beef Reubens and pickles will be the AMPTP studio chiefs, agency reps and the occasional mail room bootlickers. Beside the demand for 8% of the “ streaming residuals “ the AI acceptance by actors is a major sticking point that needs to be totally rejected.
As the Wall street type business people with no talent take everything. Get rid of them.
I support the actors and writers. I don’t have a problem not watching tv or using streaming services. I cut the cord years ago and just pay for 3 streaming services now. However, I barely watch them most of the time. I had already start thinking about pausing or dropping these services for a bit for that reason. Now that I am aware of the strike, I may go ahead and do it. Maybe the strikers should ask their supporters to do this pause/temporarily drop their streaming service) to help them make a point. If they do, they should try to do it in an organized and strategic way and see just how powerful of an impact it might have on the current situation. Maybe folks aren’t willing to give their streaming services up permanently, but doing it for a short period of time is doable for many. If a large enough group of folks do it for a period of time or even on an ongoing rolling bases it might send a message that the studio executives and streaming services can’t ignore. I would do this to show my support. Anyway, just an idea I thought was worth putting out there if it hasn’t been thought of already.
Actually from what I've read until now, boycott will be counterproductive, because it will show that the products are not needed (not watched) and the stats on new shows will go down, proving they should not be renewed. UNTIL the striking guilds actively ask for boycott, it's better to keep the contracts BUT also watch the c...p out of everything they offer, to produce traffic.
🎵🎶We're not going to take it Anymore 🎵🎶!!!!!!
There’s always Welding 😂😂😂
And where IS SAG-AFTRA? Actors pay it heavy dues to handle all such problems, amirite or what?
During the pandemic, when millions lost their jobs, actors were deemed "essential". And now they want more money??? enough said
Not only did they continue working, they did nothing to help the small business and restaurants. So many people lost everything and these actors didn't care or even notice.
💯. I don’t feel sorry for them one bit. They act like they are saving lives or something.
@@jenc8953 exactly
When the coal miners lost their jobs due to the change of technology the actors told them to learn to code.
Now when actors could be replaced by technology we should all tell them to just learn to code.😊
It literally not the same, but ok.
I dont know how we are going to survive without more episodes of the late show with Stephen colbert.
@@arclux his vaccine dance is the only sustenance keeping me alive
@@darrel7589
I've worked in mines. We don't care what hollywood degenerates want or think.
AI can code. They need to Learn to mine
These guys better be careful! This isn't a unionable job! It can be done by many people in many places! They could very well just send another job overseas
Who is this actor never heard of him and seeing the movies and tv shows he played in probably because your part in the movie or show was not that good or the revenue the outcome was.
I think actors and actresses are going to be replaced by AI.
Rightly so
Hope so.
Great!
I hope they get replaced by the small business owners who lost everything while the movie industry was allowed to work through the BIG BAD pandemic.
The writers and actors are in for a rude awakening.
Privileged people complaining about not enough privilege.
I hope the strike never ends. No more actors or writers, no more silly movies or TV shows. I prefer this.
yeah late night is suddenly peaceful. lol
@@mr.kilpatrick2991 Yeah no more weird scandals about celebrities. Just random free content on the internet, made by random people. No 7 seasons to catch up on. No random pressure to watch Avengers 16 or Fast and Furious 69. Feels good.
💯
I’m so glad they’re standing up for themselves. Inspiring the rest of us. 😁. AI won’t cut it.
Ill give this guy a job if he can help me produce my feature film.
Then get to work like we are mcdonalds and other places. If no money comeing in. If i was actor i be a singer or go mexico. Be actor there
There are other jobs. Become a police officer, or learn to code.
Hey Snoop Dogg cancelled his concert...Why not get the dodgers to cancel their baseball games to support the strike? Think that would help?
Actors and writers finding out just how expendable and irrelevant they actually are irl. Life goes on, nobody cares about this strike, it affects nobody that really matters in this country. Entertainers and performers are a dime a dozen.
I would just say that rather than hiking the cost to viewers the fat cats need to sponge less off the top and share it with the actual workers . There's plenty of wealth already .
0:25.....
Sag-aftra I don't thi k she is the one you want to speak for you...
LMFAO!
somebody needs to stuff Ronn Perlman into a closet until all this ends. He forgets that Son's of Anarchy wasn't real, it was a part he was playing and the role has ended. He comes off like a clown. You def don't want him to be the face of this.
Maybe he's being hellboy or optimus primal
Welcome to the club guys...
Why do we hear about giant pay? Don't be mean people.
No really we the fans are the commodity
Then domt sign the contract 🤣
The only solution would be profit share no?
Like everyone else, you need to start at the bottom before working your way to the top. I guess actors & actresses think they are special.
@@darrel7589
Excuse me, but I am a big supporter of the writers/actors strike. I hope it goes on forever.
Actors actually believe they deserve millions for what they do? 😂😂😂 Maybe "stars" should share the wealth with other actors or get a job in the real world not in fantasy land Hollywood.
@@multioptioneddo you just talk to talk or did you listen at all? Most can’t even afford healthcare and you’re trying to make them out to be “greedy”. Very weird country we’re in
@@darrel7589my friends and I are in a band. Nobody listens to our music but we do write it ourselves. Quite frankly I think a record company should give us health insurance. Because we write. We’re writers.
By 2040 most actors will be generated by AI...
Yeah, it sucks, same as what's been happening in the music industry, and maybe worse. But I quit caring about movies and television years ago and don't care if I never see either again, particularly after years of being ridiculed at and despised by Hollywood at pretty much all levels. So while I can see it's a problem, it's sure as hell not my problem. It's not as satisfying to me as watching the woke women's soccer team eliminating themselves in the World Cup after making themselves more about making a statement than excelling as a team for the country they were "playing" for. But it's close enough and things are hard all over these days. Learn to code.
That selfish and stuffy actor who goes by the stage name "Tom Cruise" just increased his fortune to more than half a billion with his most recent movie "Mission Impossible".
How is he selfish ?
Teachers>Actors
no wonder they write bad scripts........