Second in my series that I took of some birds on Hollywood Blvd.
Somehow I associated them with Actors in Hollywood.
These are Extras - and I have been a extra many times, so I can relate.
Juillard is the school for the arts that many famous actors have attended.
The
Taft-Hartley Act allows you to get into the union.
And the "One Line" - well everyone wants a speaking role.
Many people work as extras hoping they will be Taft-Hartley'd. That means they will pull you out of all the Extras, give you a larger role - and you will get to join
Screen Actors Guild . It does happen.
What happens more often is the case of my friend. She kept working as an Extra for 3 years. She kept getting "vouchers", which meant she was a non-union extra on the set, when what they really needed were union extras. After getting 3 vouchers from this, she was then able to join SAG.
First pic in the set
Is here