I find the replies here really interesting, because millionaire a-listers absolutely don’t need sympathy but the system he’s describing still sucks, and makes it really difficult to earn a *consistent* living if you’re not a vaguely attractive white man
Ben Affleck says actors have no job security because 130K people are in the actors union and only 30,000 work each year
"I got real cold and had a couple of movies that didn't work... all of a sudden it can be kind of over for you"
"there's no seniority, there's no tenure, there's no retirement. There's no gold watch"
"if your show doesn't work or your movie doesn't work and nobody wants to hire you, they're just gonna hire someone else"
"there's 130,000 people in SAG and there's only 30,000 people that work every year"