So you're saying that actors don't teach kids anything? Bullshit.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not saying that at all. But think about it: who is helping to mould the future generation? Who is teaching this generation about life skills? Who is there for moral and intellectual support? Certainly not the actors.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Morally speaking, it doesnt really make any sense, but if you think about it economically, it makes a lot of sense. Think about how much money movies bring in, and what percentage of that the actors get. Teachers salaries come from taxes. Nobody ever really wants to pay more taxes

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Coming from this viewpoint, I get it now. But it still doesn't make sense morally, like you said.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not saying I disagree, but I don't like how you simplify an actor's job. The hardest task of an actor is not remembering the lines - if anything, that's the easiest part. What's hard is how to convey those lines to an audience, the actual ACTING part. But yea...the industry is ridiculous. :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't disagree but not all teachers are fantastic and the only kids that get moral support are the super smart kids. I was never a trouble maker and was in extra activities and everything but because I wasn't an A++ student I didn't get any special attention from my teachers.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's about supply and demand

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actors get paid more because not just anyone can act. Just like football players get paid more. You have to be good at it to do it and so very few people are good it, so they get paid more. You don't have to be a good teacher to teach. In theory, anyone can teach because you don't //have// to have a skill to teach. A bad teacher gets paid the same as a good teacher. It's messed up, but that's how the economy works.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't agree with that at all. Actors get paid more because of where their salary is coming from (the entertainment industry vs. taxes), not because so few people are good at it. In theory, anyone can be an actor because you don't have to have a degree of any sort.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's a mix of both really. Anyone can go into acting, but only the "best" actors are the ones who make it big and make bank. Teaching, on the other hand, requires no skill at all. An amazing teacher with the highest seniority would still get paid the same as the new, fresh-out-of-college teacher, which is obviously messed up.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But you have to be good at it to make all that money. If more people were getting paid from the movie industry's money, they would get paid less because it would be divided up more. The one with the "rarer" skill gets paid more, which is why the actors who play the lead role get paid more than a minor character would.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I still think that's stupid though. If you were to translate your scenario into the school world, the better teachers would get paid more than the lousy ones. I think that makes more sense, both in acting and education.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In my entire life I've had maybe two or three teachers that actually went above and beyond. Teaching seems to be sort of a default job for many of them. I agree that it isn't fair that a truly fantastic teacher gets screwed financially, though.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ok, so I did acting all throughout high school. Some friends of mine were extras in movies at times. You don't get paid much, if you even get paid. The only actors that have made a lot of money are movie stars, big shots and that's only like 3% of the population. Other than that, plays, vaudeville,commercials, etc. barely pay minimum wage- if at all. It's a passion, a hobby. Not a career. Most of my fellow cast members and actors work 2 sometimes 3 jobs. So, it really isn't a fair argument to defend actual, important and practical careers. *unless you are a actor portraying a permanent character on a TV show or a big movie star, you're probably not getting paid more than teachers

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When I said "actors," I was mainly referring to the big, hot shot ones that live in $17 million homes, are always on the cover of magazine, main topics on conversation, etc.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then your comparison wasn't really fair. Famous actors are paid well because they are the best in their field. I'm sure the most highly regarded teachers- like famous professors who've written lots of books- make a lot of money too. You do have a point though. Good teachers are underpaid. Bad teachers are over paid. It makes no sense that teachers have to get the same salary no matter how good they are at their job. That's not how it's supposed to work.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actors don't really make more than teachers. Most actors work sub-par local theaters or be extras in anti-depressant commercials. Actors usually only work for a few weeks or months while they are in a performance or shooting a film and then they have to find new work. There's not a lot of job security. Only a tiny fraction of elite actors actually make decent wage.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Those actors get their money from us because we pay to see movies and such. It's not the actors fault. If you are really bent up over how much actors get paid you would never watch a movie again.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Who said I was "bent up"? I was making a statement about our priorities.

by Anonymous 12 years ago