The Importance of Slavery in the Acting Industry

"It's almost expected for you to do slave labor in this business," he says. "As an actor, it's like how many different audition tapes ... You don't get paid for that time and you're working hard." In the music video world, writers can spend weeks on a pitch before showing up at auditions; they are not paid for any of that work. 'I think when it comes down to more than anything else, it really needs to be an awareness of how much work and energy is actually put in'