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actors, what's your day job?

Posted: 12/27/03 at 4:30pm

I know there are plenty of working actors who post on this board, but what about the ones who have crappy day jobs to support them until the big break? Are all starving actors waiters? I know I am, but what other jobs do actors have to deal with in order to pursue the big dream?

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#2

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Posted: 12/27/03 at 9:38pm

Ushering and Promotional Work are two of the hot jobs rights now.
Temping is great--when it exists (damn economy!)
In addition, I currently have a part-time holiday job at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. (sucks)
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#3

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Posted: 12/27/03 at 10:33pm

Coordinating due diligence for national multi-family real estate dispositions. It's not quite as bad as it sounds.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
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Posted: 12/27/03 at 10:40pm

It's kind of weird. I was promoted from the mailroom where I started temping when I moved to Chicago. Now I'm making a decent living wage with excellent benefits and living in a high-rise downtown. But it's just until I can recoup my savings from the move. Hint: Never move after a national disaster and a Wall Street fiasco. At least, not unless you have a job waiting for you....
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
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Posted: 12/27/03 at 11:09pm

Where in Chicago, Mister Matt?
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer

"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
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Posted: 12/28/03 at 12:49am

I work at Sunrise Recreation Center in the summer... Playing Freeze Dance with a bunch of 6-13 year olds is obviously my choice of a good time. Goodness.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
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Posted: 12/28/03 at 11:24am

Youd think with Actor/Director/Playwright/Producer/Artistic Director credits under my belt I'd be able to get something in the civilian world more compatible with my areas of expertice, yet I work as a Convention Host at the Javits Center. What's good about the gig is the drive by intimacy aspect of customer contact and the fact that you are in position to turn tourists around as far as their "ugly New Yoker" theory is concerned. Being an ambassador for the town I adore is gratifying. The down side is, the pay is laughable, the agency exploits the hell out of actors and yet there are three hundred of them waiting in the wings to replace me. I have this fantasy where I out the SOB (the boss we lovingly refer to as Fagan) on the podium while graciously accepting my Tony award.
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Posted: 12/28/03 at 4:57pm

"I stand on a street corner and sell my body"
"IF I TRY THERE MAY BE A CHANCE / WE COULD LOVE WITH OUR EYES CLOSED/ WITH OUR EYES CLOSED WE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD!"- Stephen Dwight
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Posted: 12/28/03 at 7:15pm

I am the box office manager for a symphony orchestra that just celebrated its 60th season.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away."
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Posted: 12/28/03 at 11:12pm

Porn Star!
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer

"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
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Posted: 12/29/03 at 11:43am

I was going to try that, but figured there was a better future in porn.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer

"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher

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