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The costs surrounding a struggling actor can seem almost like a malicious scheme to take money from naive, handsome people. I’ve already mentioned that headshots cost hundreds of dollars, but you’ll need one for commercials, and one for dramas, and one for vampire movies, and one for sports stories. Ultimately, you will have around five different headshots of which you will need to print hundreds. On top of that, you can expect to do the whole process over again in three years when you no longer look like the person in the picture.

- 5 Awful Things Nobody Tells You About Being an Actor | Cracked.com

The rules of SAG state, “Performers are eligible to join Screen Actors Guild after working on a SAG film in a principal role.” So just to clarify, no one will cast you unless you are already in the union, and you can’t get into the union until you are cast.

- 5 Awful Things Nobody Tells You About Being an Actor | Cracked.com

Taking orders from customers and folding napkin fans in wine glasses is just part of the struggle that you will remember fondly while masturbating poolside to your own biography.

- 5 Awful Things Nobody Tells You About Being an Actor | Cracked.com

Acting is a jealous and needy career that doesn’t like the thought of you keeping your options open. You’ll need a job that allows you to leave at a moment’s notice for auditions, usually for two or three hours at a time. Or, assuming you are fortunate enough to be cast in anything, you need a job that allows you to miss work for a week at the very least. The logical solution is to work at night at a restaurant or bar. The trouble, however, is that most of these jobs were never intended to be careers. They have high turnover rates and offer little in terms of personal satisfaction.

- 5 Awful Things Nobody Tells You About Being an Actor | Cracked.com