Brian Damage
06-14-2011, 05:41 PM
Rob Lowe and Ed O'Neill have admitted that they often find themselves frustrated with low-paying acting jobs.
The two actors participated in an Emmy Comedy Actor Roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter in which they discussed how actors can be taken advantage of when offered good material.
O'Neill said: "I just had a thing last week where I thought for sure I was going to do a thing for HBO with Al Pacino and Bette Midler... I get the offer, six weeks work, I'm playing Bruce Cutler, [Phil Spector's] lawyer, and they said '$40,000'
The Modern Family actor went on to state that he ultimately turned down the offer due to the low pay.
Lowe agreed with O'Neill's decision, stating that the actor was right to recognize that he was being manipulated.
Lowe said: "You know why it happens? It's because they know that at the end of the day we love good material... they will use that to exploit us. And that's - excuse me - bulls**t."
O'Neill recently admitted that he is glad Craig T. Nelson turned down Modern Family, claiming that it offered him the opportunity to take the role of Jay Pritchett.
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a324722/rob-lowe-ed-oneill-blast-low-paying-acting-jobs.html
The two actors participated in an Emmy Comedy Actor Roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter in which they discussed how actors can be taken advantage of when offered good material.
O'Neill said: "I just had a thing last week where I thought for sure I was going to do a thing for HBO with Al Pacino and Bette Midler... I get the offer, six weeks work, I'm playing Bruce Cutler, [Phil Spector's] lawyer, and they said '$40,000'
The Modern Family actor went on to state that he ultimately turned down the offer due to the low pay.
Lowe agreed with O'Neill's decision, stating that the actor was right to recognize that he was being manipulated.
Lowe said: "You know why it happens? It's because they know that at the end of the day we love good material... they will use that to exploit us. And that's - excuse me - bulls**t."
O'Neill recently admitted that he is glad Craig T. Nelson turned down Modern Family, claiming that it offered him the opportunity to take the role of Jay Pritchett.
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a324722/rob-lowe-ed-oneill-blast-low-paying-acting-jobs.html