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Become a Movie Extra!

September 1st, 2008 at 12:09 am
Did you know that there are a lot of actors making a good living as movie extras?  In case you didn’t know, movie extras are those people who appear in the background...

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U.S. Models and Actors: Average Income Information

January 22nd, 2009 at 11:01 am
A question I frequently get from young models is:  What kind of earnings can I expect from my modeling career?  The short answer is zero to 30 million.  It depends on...
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    by actorguru at September 30th, 2008 at 06:09 pm

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