Why This May Be The Most Ridiculous Article for Actors Ever

Because we don’t have a version in the UK, the US BACKSTAGE website is a fun read from time to time. Often, it’s full of marvellous advice for actors, but from time to time, they’re really off the mark. Take this article by Jack Smart for instance, on the jobs that actors had BEFORE they were famous.

It goes through a list of actors and actresses and talks about how ‘awkward’ their previous jobs were. John Hamm worked as a set decorator on soft porn films, Kristen Bell sold frozen yoghurt, several strippers etc.

Yes, before actors were FAMOUS, they had real people jobs. Jobs like everyone else. Because before they commanded $$$£££$$$ they had to pay the rent in the same way that everyone does – however they could. And being an out of work actors doesn’t pay the bills.

It isn’t awkward or embarrassing to earn a living. It’s snooty and ridiculous to look down on the jobs that every day people do just because they no longer suit the glamorous image of Hollywood actors.

So HATS OFF to out of work actors. Do whatever you feel you need to do to get by. Never look back with embarrassment. Whatever you are doing now is the foundation for who you’re going to be in the future!