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Well 87% of membership earn too little for it to be a career. The union claims 116K active members, so that's 15K people who actually earn money. Industry figu
by ars 3y ago
Well 87% of membership earn too little for it to be a career. The union claims 116K active members, so that's 15K people who actually earn money.
Industry figures are that only 1 to 5% of people actually work in anything other than an extra or a day job. So with an active membership of 116K, that's between 1,000 and 5,000 people who actually make a living as actors.
They get a lot of press, and they like it that way, but the framing is kind of messed up, since this isn't a full-time job for most of them.
- triceratops 3y agoOk so why can't the rest continue to make as much as they would have made otherwise? They can still work their day jobs.
- ars 3y agoThey sure can if the like, but don't lie to actors and pretend like it's actually a career. The guild really needs to reduce ranks, or at least let people know that it's not a career guild, it's more of a club.