Why "a little smaller size"?
If I'd had more self-confidence and ability to break with my parents' wishes, I'd definitely be doing more creative work right now. So instead of being poor and fulfilled, I'm poor and unfulfilled.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Spidra Webster - Mar 12, 2006 6:25:12 am PST #8102 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
DCJensen - Mar 12, 2006 6:30:45 am PST #8103 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Because the guy who plays Hurley on Lost is an exception.
So was John Candy, and John Belushi to a smaller extent. And they had excessive talent on their side.
The volume of work for actors of volume is not as great. And? many of the roles for very fat guys are as very fat jokes. If I had refused to take fat joke characters, my pay would have been very infrequent indeed.
Plus? Hometown and college acting does not a real actor make. The horrible little devil on my shoulder kept saying "Who are you kidding"
Spidra Webster - Mar 12, 2006 6:33:08 am PST #8104 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Ah. OTOH, if you can get into the character actor niche, you could have some fairly dependable income. Lead actors get popular and then most fall back down again, but a good character actor can have an IMDB record a mile long.
Kevin - Mar 12, 2006 6:47:49 am PST #8105 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Yeah. I know John Hurt through family, and he's been in like - everything.
Alan Tudyk has a similar plan.
There's a nice break down of the budget of The Village here [link] You can see the difference in pay between the "named" actors.
Spidra Webster - Mar 12, 2006 7:01:14 am PST #8106 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Interesting.
Kevin - Mar 12, 2006 7:05:44 am PST #8107 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
The highest paid person on that shoot was actually the writer/director, looking at it.
Kathy A - Mar 12, 2006 11:12:10 am PST #8108 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Having only heard of actors' salaries when they're in the $5 million or over range, I was really shocked when I heard what Elijah Wood got for LotR (all three films)--$1 million total. The cast did get bonuses for each film after they did well, but still, that's practically nothing for the lead role in a megablockbuster.
aurelia - Mar 12, 2006 11:32:52 am PST #8109 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I just get a blank yellow page from that link. Is it a browser thing?
Kevin - Mar 12, 2006 12:13:14 pm PST #8110 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
aurelia - it works here under Firefox. Might be a browser thing.
One of the weird things I find about conventions is those people going into them thinking the attendees are earning mega bucks from acting... Usually not. Chances are most of the people posting on this site earn more than your average guest starring actor on Buffy.
This photo of Wash makes me laugh: [link]
Kevin - Mar 12, 2006 1:15:16 pm PST #8111 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Serenity is #1 for last weeks UK DVD Retail chart, #2 for rental. It debuted 25th on US Rental chart in December.
And that's because the US DVD artwork was, well, crap.