TMC
05-29-2022, 05:20 AM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10858567/Little-House-Prairies-Melissa-Gilbert-budget-lifestyle-Catskills.html
So for those who think just because you are on a long-running series, you are set for life because of "residuals" far from it. Just ask Melissa Gilbert
"the concept the outside world has of what residuals are is just so far from the reality. I mean, I just got a check for twenty cents (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/little-house-prairie-star-melissa-172755145.html#:~:text=And%20the%20concept%20the%20outside,that%20salary%20is%20long%20gone.). The stamp costs more! I'm not poo-pooing my experience on "Little House on the Prairie," but that salary is long gone."
"I live job-to-job like a lot of gig workers do - the salaries are different and the orders are different. It used to be we knew we were going to get twenty-two episodes. Now we do ten or six in a limited series for cable. Networks are not even doing twenty-two episodes for a lot of shows anymore.
"It's different from what I was accustomed to for a good chunk of my life, where I was reckless in my spending habits, because the assumption was that it would never go away, and then it started to go away. I have learned to be very mindful of my expenses and to prioritize what really matters. I thought I was doing that and then the pandemic hit, and then I realized what really matters. And it isn't shoes."
So for those who think just because you are on a long-running series, you are set for life because of "residuals" far from it. Just ask Melissa Gilbert
"the concept the outside world has of what residuals are is just so far from the reality. I mean, I just got a check for twenty cents (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/little-house-prairie-star-melissa-172755145.html#:~:text=And%20the%20concept%20the%20outside,that%20salary%20is%20long%20gone.). The stamp costs more! I'm not poo-pooing my experience on "Little House on the Prairie," but that salary is long gone."
"I live job-to-job like a lot of gig workers do - the salaries are different and the orders are different. It used to be we knew we were going to get twenty-two episodes. Now we do ten or six in a limited series for cable. Networks are not even doing twenty-two episodes for a lot of shows anymore.
"It's different from what I was accustomed to for a good chunk of my life, where I was reckless in my spending habits, because the assumption was that it would never go away, and then it started to go away. I have learned to be very mindful of my expenses and to prioritize what really matters. I thought I was doing that and then the pandemic hit, and then I realized what really matters. And it isn't shoes."