We

audition for a lot of SAG National commercials out of here. Another thing that people, I mean, so I have a friend that I met on a commercial that she was told that they don't cast commercials in Atlanta. And I was like, that's so funny because we're on a Ford SAG national commercial right now that they're not casting in Atlanta. I'm filming commercial tomorrow here in Atlanta. But I wonder if like, for instance, Scarpetta is filming right now here in Atlanta. But the original casting came out of L.A. for the series Regs. I wonder if since that is how that goes, if LA gets the credit for that, even though it's filming here in Atlanta, I wonder how that ends up falling down on their list too. Maybe that factors in because if that's the case, that would explain why the LA number is so high, but the reflection of your auditions is different because most of the stuff is originally casting out of LA and then going to, as we've seen, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, all over to film it. So maybe that's how it's ending up differently. I don't know. Yeah. So I think we

can come to the conclusion that these numbers are wrong, but again,

we ran all these numbers and we disagree with everything. The numbers are saying we are right. They are wrong. Yeah. So as math

professionals, I think that it gives you a sense of the idea, especially in the dollar amount of a general lifestyle and a general number. And this is where we really get into, I mean, it doesn't matter. The class is going to be closed right now, so you guys can't get in right now, but this is why we created a side hustle class for actors. It all comes full circle because it matters that you have to be able to pay these bills because a one day day player role on set plays what like like $1,200 and you're losing X amount of money to taxes and then you lose another X amount of money to your 10% to your agent if you have a manager 10% and then you're left with like 60% of that number maybe and that's not at all enough to pay and if you guys want to look at the video I did that I mentioned earlier, I go into a good year of booking and getting a co-star and a guest star and an indie movie and a SAG National and how those numbers stack up because it's not enough. And yes, we should get paid more for our work. The union has a lot of work to do. And we will be both on the front lines of some commercial meetings next year because we cannot wait to have this discussion as ChapStick time. I cannot wait to go to these meetings about commercials. There's a lot of things. So, you know, we're pro-union people, but we also are aware that like there's issues and nothing's perfect. And I think the only thing that's not perfect at all is if you have issues and you don't go to things and you don't try to make yourself aware and make things better. But these numbers are really important for actors to think about because if you're thinking long-term career and you're thinking building a life alongside it, you shouldn't come to L.A. for two years to try and use

this number. You know, you've always said, and I will never disagree with you, when you're choosing as an actor where to move, pick where you want to live your life. Go from there. Self-tapes are a real thing and it allows you to audition in different places. And yes, there are times when you're going to audition for something that is filming somewhere else and they're going to go with somebody else because it's cheaper. If we play the game of, well, what about this? Well, what about this? Well, what about this? You really could land yourself in any of these markets extremely unhappy because maybe it's not what you want. It's 48 degrees right now in Atlanta when it's 74 in LA. That is a very big difference as far as how your life feels. Don't even get me started with how gray it gets during the winter months over here where you're always having sun in LA. And I know you have your gray period too. I'm not going to take that away from you guys, but something like that can really make or break your life if you struggle with anything that's like seasonal depression or anxiety. And that is not going to be fixed by a booking. It's not going to make you feel better. So hearing all of these numbers, I'm so glad you did because it gives people information that they can choose what to do with. And I think the point that we've proven is, yes, it's a difference based off of where you go, but it's not

a dramatic difference.

So go down to where you want to live your life. Start there. Yes. There's

acting everywhere. You could find it. You just have to build your community in the process. All right. You guys have heard us talk about numbers that may or may not be accurate for long enough now. So thank you so much. Thanks for going along on the ride anyway. You know what? It's just interesting. And also if somebody has better places for this information, people always want to know it. So drop it in the comments on either our latest Instagram posts or on this podcast, on YouTube, somewhere where we can find it. That would be phenomenal information. And I think that these numbers have to be wrong because you, thumbs up, here we go, because you, my friend, also just booked a movie and a commercial back to back in the same week. So if that's correct, out of the 19 available projects in Atlanta,

booked two of it. The numbers are lying. That is the biggest lie I've ever heard in my life. And we've just proven it wrong. There we go. What

a great podcast. This is why actors shouldn't do your number podcast. But thanks for listening. Anyway, guys, thanks

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