--- In lindsayhollister@yahoogroups.com, kennethcooper810 <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> hey Lindsay i just wanted to ask a few stupid questions about acting? Ok, I'll
do my best!
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> how do you get a screen actors guild card and do you have to pay dues? You can
get into SAG either by earning three vouchers doing extra work on a union tv
show or movie. OR you can be automatically granted membership by booking a major
role on a union tv show or movie if the show petitions the union to grant you
membership by claiming there were no union members who were better for the role.
It's called a Taft-Hartley and it's not easy to get in that way, but it happened
to me on Boston Public.
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> when you go read for a part is it really like what we see on the TV where
people are waiting outside and are called in one by one to audition? There is
usually a waiting area, yes, and you are brought into the casting room
individually to read with the casting director. Usually there are only a handful
of actors reading for a role as the casting process narrows and during what is
called a "Producer or Director" session.
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> do you keep your scripts as souvenirs or do you just chuck them when you are
done and have you ripped off anything from a set as a souvenir? ha ha ha - Good
question! I keep all my scripts and sides (the pages that I audition with). I
have never kept a souvenir from any set I've been on, though I've probably made
off with more hair pieces then I'd like to admit. I usually forget to give back
rubber bands and clips!
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> when is your birthday? it was June 3rd :)

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