“But 'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left.” PeopleGivingTryingShowsLeftActingClassSawsShotsPaidWestHeyEpisodesCoastBugsArizonaWest CoastActing Classes Author:Christine Taylor
“They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world.” PeopleWorldShowsPaidProfitOscars Author:Bruce Vilanch
“My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.” FirstsRealShowsJobsPaidHeyShowbizNickelodeon Author:Graham Yost
“I just like working. I'm not good with downtime. I need to be doing something. I'm a music person, so I'll always have that going ... whether or not I'm getting paid for it . It was different to go into talk shows and performances by myself.” NeedsPersonsDifferentShowsPerformancesPaidTalk ShowsDowntime Author:Megan Hilty
“We're paid to care. That's what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for the audience to be throwing their shoes at the television set. That's what we're trying for.” TryingEndsShowsCareActorsGoalAudienceTelevisionPaidShoesThrowingFrustrated Author:Sam Waterston
“My two boys were the same ages as the kids in the show. In real life or in between the breaks I was raising two kids off camera who were not unlike the two kids who were being paid to be my kids.” TwoRealShowsKidsAgeBoysBreakPaidCamerasReal Life Author:Alan Thicke
“My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my sophomore and junior year in college, when I was just 19 years old. I got paid $250 every two weeks, 10 shows a week, to be in the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I was Calpurnia in 'Julius Caesar.'” YearsFirstsTwoShowsJobsActingWeekCollegeFirst TimePaidActressesFestivalsJuniorsTwo WeeksJuliusUtahSophomoreJunior YearSophomore YearCalpurnia Author:Katy Mixon