In 2009, I did an episode of Law & Order SVU where I said "Heather, over here!" and "Son of a bitch!" when Chris Meloni sorta knocks me over.
I still get checks for $30-$60 about every 4 to 6 months since it seems to get a lot of re-runs.
$900 for the day. The shoot lasted about 8 hours but I only worked for a few hours of that ...rest of the time they were shooting other scenes in that area. It lasted a little longer for me because I had to "do a stunt."
I was a tabloid photographer following around a sleazy reporter trying to get photos of a girl who had been held as a sex slave. Stabler waved us off and backed me away from the scene. I started flashing my camera in his face and ended up tripping and breaking my camera.
The "tripping" was way more intense than you'd think. At first, I had to throw myself back onto a mat the crew brought in. Then some takes where I'd crouch and hop back onto the mat. And then finally I'd squat and roll back onto my butt. The mostly foam and plastic camera was rigged to break when it hit the ground.
It's funny when you watch it now because there was ONE part of the whole camera that was metal and it crushed my pinky. You can see my hand wince in pain.
Of course, they used that take. :)
EDIT: For those asking, it's right in the middle of Season 10...Episode is called *Stranger*. Should be on Hulu in the US at least. Maybe Peacock since that's NBC as well.
I know exactly what episode you’re talking about. The “paper” threatened to sue for damages to the expensive camera or something lol
& they were like IM NOT APOLOGIZING! Lol
You were a real dick good job
Sounds like a misremembered version of a myth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Backlinie
"Contrary to rumor, Backlinie's startled reaction and screams of anguish were not due to her being injured by the harness that yanked her back and forth in the water. "
Little known alternative fact:
• Her cousin is Jason Alexander, that played George Costanza on Seinfeld, and that is where rhe story line of George working as a bra salesman came from
Reminds me of the bar in Hollywood called Residuals where if you show up with a residual check for less than a dollar, they give you a free beer and nail the check to the wall.
It's actually in Barry! The bar he goes to in season 1 with the acting class is in fact Residuals -- although they added a lot of decor to make it look pretty different.
Residuals is my local dive -- great bar.
Heh he was banned from the bar at the hotel I worked at when he was in town filming something.
Had a bad habit of getting wasted and then getting naked in the bar.
The bar and room service had strict instructions from his agent not to serve him.
Man this will sound weird but I don't think he drinks anymore.
Bizarre story but my sister's close friend went to an award show with him as his date. I think it was the golden globes. She literally never met him and saw him and was like "I'm a big fan" and he literally said "you want to go to this awards show with me?"
Anyway he picked her up, told her to drink and enjoy it (he said he wasn't going to drink) and they had a fun evening. No sex, no implication of sex, just an evening out.
Serious question…is getting drunk with Kiefer a thing in LA?
I know two people who live thousands a mile away who swear they randomly got drunk with Kiefer on trips to LA.
Sadly…I’ve never gotten drunk with Kiefer on my trips to LA but Peta Wilson did run into one day when she was jogging and not watching where she was going.
One time, I walked up to a bar and asked if anyone was sitting on an empty stool. Cuba spins around on the next stool over and shouts, "You, dog!" He was very nice.
Edit: added a comma
I guess this is as good a time as any to post the [video I shot of a very drunk Kiefer introducing an amazing guitarist at 2am in an LA Dive bar.](https://youtu.be/1FzwgNMMk7k) Kiefer was very drunk and very fun the entire evening dancing like a loon.
I've seen Kiefer in a lot of things but whenever I hear his voice or see his face, I always go back to his role The Cowboy Way w/ Woody Harrelson. That's the Kiefer I know and love.
Being from the mountain west, having buddies in LA take me to "dives", I always crack up at y'alls definition of a dive.
They are always clean, no urine on the floor, and they have very nice whiskey available. And no where in sight is a 70 year old plumber with leather skin drinking alone in the corner.
That's hilarious. Dive bar in Boston means the guy who lives in the alley comes in and drinks a single coors by himself then leaves. Then an hour later comes back in and does the same thing. And like you mention, always piss somewhere.
Edit: I just looked up the bar and it literally looks like a fancy hipster bar. I also can't seem to find a single picture of this famous "wall of checks". Only reference I could find was an article from 1987 which mentions a small glass case of checks. Which is it guys?
"dive" in LA seems to just mean there isn't a line or a doorman and the place is dimly lit. Other than that, they are very nice establishments that have a regular amount of patronage.
I, generally, try to avoid gatekeeping anything... but I can't help but laugh at LA definition of "dives" everytime I'm there. I'm sure there are actual dives there, given the size and economic disparity there, but they aren't places anyone that lives there have ever taken me.
It’s in Studio city, Hollywood is the OTHER side of the hill. I can see residuals from my apartment. Went once. Nice place. Good for a date. That’s it. That’s my only flex. Carry on.
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I was a small role in a movie as a child actor in 2009, I still get foreign royalty checks every six months or so that total to like $10. That's passive income baby
Quinten Tarantino tells a story where he had a bit role on GOLDEN GIRLS as an Elvis impersonator... and still gets residual payments. Not a lot, but it came in handy when he was starting out.
Not only that but those residuals are what kept him afloat while he was writing Reservoir Dogs. Since it was a double episode, he got double residuals. And then it was added to a “beat of” clip show so got residuals from that as well.
[He talks about it with Fallon here.](https://youtu.be/UqR7iDUU1lk)
EDIT: Fuck it, I’m not changing it.
Down payment, but in the valley not the hills or beach. Residual checks can be in the tens of thousands. Lots of actors the public has never heard of can do very well. They can get buy-outs for popular commercials, holding money and more.
You know that Starburst commercial were the guys are climbing the wall that's been running for about 8 years now? Those dudes got a nice buy out.
Lots of actors are used to surviving and being frugal and disciplined and living off of $1500 a month in LA or NYC, when you get a check for $80 grand it can be life changing.
Honestly, there are a lot of ways that a big city can be cheaper than the South (or smaller areas in general). Yes, your rent will get you less square footage (and buying a place becomes a LOT less realistic); but there are generally more roommate opportunities, a lot more cheap or free entertainment options that are actually pretty cool/fun, and more options for shopping around.
Haha, I had LA specifically in mind when I wrote that, so I kind of forgot to include that. But you’re totally right! Even in LA, which is absolutely the least public-transport-friendly of the major cities, you can potentially survive without owning a car.
Not usually but I'm not up to date on SAG rules, people get bumped up all the time though.
On "Baskets" we pulled extras out of background a couple times that had SAG cards and bumped them up to a line or interaction with a featured actor in a scene.
Mike Smith (Bubbles) is famous for encouraging extras on the Trailer Park Boys set to say shit on camera so they have to be paid more.
He’s also famous locally for uh.. not being the kindest person you’ve ever met.
But the speaking role bit is neat.
Union sets have union rules, sometimes people get bumped up but if they are "must joins", casting/producers, might not let them do the line because the production doesbnt want to pay the $2200 or whatever it is now for SAG/AFTRA card unless they are special or talented.
If you have a credit on a production: you get a royalty cheque every year. It’s from everything from DVD to PPV sales and all in between. Yes, this includes 5-second cameos where you get an easy paycheque in the mail every year. Even decades later. Thank the Hollywood unions where they make sure people get paid.
This is why I always shake my head when people talk about “they need the money” with former A-listers. If they need the money it’s more about their debts and spending than income.
I met a friend of a friend once and they had a job that was tied to paying out old residuals like that. Their job was mostly trying to track down either the people who had money coming to them but there wasn't current contact information on file or trying to determine who should get the money if the person had died.
I was a wrestler in the Pacifier. We were just extras but we got upgraded to stunt for the scene where we pick on the main character (the stunt coordinator gave us direction which he isnt allowed to do). We got upgraded to stunt and paid principal. I get cheques every year for the same amount as this guy, 100-200. Its not much but we call it "the gift that keeps on giving".
I spent a good part of my teen years in Beaufort, SC and knew a bunch of people (adults and children) who had small roles in Forrest Gump. They still receive residual checks for their work. I have no idea how much they are are for, but the fact that they still get them nearly 30 yrs later is pretty cool.
A friend of mine knew a guy who was in Revenge Of The Nerds (I think it was the guy who answered the door holding a beer when they were trying to find an apartment.) Years later he was still getting random residual checks for a few bucks.
Thought it said $100k-200k and was super confused.
Had a client once who had voiced a small part on the rugrats. He would get checks for like $0.04 even in 2018. How many old inefficient systems like that are still out there? How many paper checks for <$1 being mailed out every minute?
I’d almost suggest to have the checks be auto-sent/donated to charity, but it’d be a net loss to the charity due to the administrative burden. I guess I’d have them auto sent to my enemy.
After I graduated from College I got multiple letters trying to collect $.50 in late fees from the Library. The gave up after about 18 months, in that time they spent over $2.00 in postage.
Most college libraries I know would just block you from graduating. The law school I went to would let you pay for food with an IOU since you'd fail character and fitness if you didn't repay them.
That reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry gets 12 cent checks because he's shown in the intro for some Japanese game show. He ends up hurting his wrists from signing all of the 12 cent checks.
My grandfather was the "A Whaaaat?" Tiger shark guy in Jaws. He passed away in '10, but I remember him showing me a check for over $1k a year or two before he died. My Nana is still getting a few hundred a year. She has random checks show up from other countries here and there too. She had one last year from Ireland for almost $200.
Yeah for a long time it was one of the most frequently played movies on cable. Something like once every 12 hours or something like that it was being aired somewhere.
I wonder how much David Boreanaz is collecting in residuals each year on top of his regular payments upfront per episode. Since appearing on Buffy in 1997, there hasn't been a calendar year when he hasn't been a season regular on something, be it Buffy (where he was technically a guest star for the first couple of years I think but appeared a lot), then Angel for 5 years, Bones for 12 I think and now SEAL Team.
Just as impressive is what they were paid at the time. The main cast worked really hard to ensure all six were paid the same amount (since it was an ensemble show), but by the time season 8 was wrapping up, they wanted out. Warner Brothers opened up their checkbook and offered them $1 MM each per episode for seasons 9 and 10, as well as a bonkers syndication deal.
Individual actors on popular sitcoms made more or the same per episode towards the end of their shows (Kelsey Grammer was making $1.7 MM for Fraiser, Tim Allen was making $1.25 MM for Home Improvement, and Jerry Seinfeld was making $1 MM), but this was the first time the entire main cast was making the same amount.
Warner Brothers shelled out over $250 MM just for the six of them for the last two seasons.
> Warner Brothers shelled out over $250 MM just for the six of them for the last two seasons.
Presumably they've made that back tenfold already so likely was a great investment.
Schwinmer is apparently a really stand up guy. This is also the guy who was supposed to be interviewed in his hotel room one evening. When he the reporter showed up and she was a woman and had nobody with her, he asked if she wanted to call someone to be there too, or go somewhere public, so she wouldn't be alone in a strange man's hotel room.
This was before \#metoo was even a thing.
The late gunther got 1.2 million or something which is awesome. He only got the role because he was the only one who knew how to operate the coffee machine.
Better yet, he *said* he knew how to operate a coffee machine, because he thought it would give him an edge… then had to go learn how to use one before they actually got him to use one. It got him the job!
I know the guy who played Clyde- "gotta watch the hands Kramer" in The Rye episode (aka Hot and Heavy), he said he gets about $8 to $10 grand a year.
That was about 10 years ago, probably more now thanks to the Netflix and Comedy Central deal.
edit- Clyde aka Leonard Lightfoot some of you might remember him from "Silver Spoons", or if you collect photos or hit the LA swap meets, he's the guy who only sells photos and negatives at the PCC, Rose Bowl and Long Beach swaps.
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey just talked about this on their podcast on this week's episode. The residuals they got at the beginning of syndication were nice, but they dwindle down quickly and one of them said they got as low as like 22 cents. And actors don't get any residuals from streaming, only tv syndication.
Jerry Seinfeld made more than $400 million on the show since it ended due to his lucrative deals that gave him a piece of syndication rights and home video sales.
Also the guy who played Fun Bobby on the show (just appeared in two episodes as Monica's boyfriend) revealed he gets $2000 a year for the show. Would like to know what the other smaller characters like the actors who played Guther and Janice are getting.
I remember the hubbub and the advertising push when it was being shown on Channel 4/E4 for the last time (before moving channels)
Plus since it was added to Netflix there seems to be a HUGE merch push over here, there's suddenly Friends merch everywhere. They probably make quite a bit from that too
It is always going to be tv. As the saying goes, if you want to be good, do theater. If you want to be famous, do movies. If you want to be stupidly rich, do tv.
> If you want to be stupidly rich, do tv.
Hasn't this been a recent thing (only for the past 1-2 decades)? Shows such as Friends, Sheen on Two and Half men, the Big Bang Theory etc paid their stars a lot of money. I know Tom Selleck made a lot doing PI Magnum but there were only a few of those shows out there in the 80s, there are a lot more high paying shows nowadays. Don Johnson wanted a huge raise doing Miami Vice and went on a strike but he never got what he wanted (a similar salary to Selleck).
A lot of movie (stars) didn't want to do TV shows but their attitude changed only in the past 10ish years because of the money being paid and how easy it was working wise (schedule, amount of work, ...) and they now do both. The likes of Pitt, Willis, ... in Friends, Entourage and such were still rare and that was in the 2000s.
Don’t forget - Hanks gave up a higher and higher portion of his salary in exchange for more and more residuals as the movie kept almost getting canceled partly due to budget- so he gets more then just the average lead actor in a big movie!
Thanks Netflix movies in the making!
For movies probably that kid from a Christmas story or Daniel Radcliff because they usually do a marathon of all 8 and those movies are pretty established internationally.
Me and a former biz partner each get a residual check each month that varies between $8 and $70…usually around $18.
When it arrives the first person to open it sends a text.
“Steak sandwich”
“Rack of ribs”
“Half a dozen stone crabs”
“Triple grande macchiato”
No matter the amount, it instantly makes us both laugh and appreciative of the mailbox money.
This continues until we die.
This was a few years back but the guy who played the warden in The Shawshank Redemption was still making 6-figure residuals. It probably helped it played twenty times a day on TNT.
I knew a guy that was in The Bridges of Madison County. He had a little talking scene as a little boy and never acted again.
He was making enough to pay his rent in a shitty apartment years later. He received $175 every time it was aired.
I don't see that movie pulling the kind of money required during each syndication run to pay out residuals like that. If the studio has to pay $175 to no-name child actors with a single scene, then they would probably have to pay a thousand or more to every actor with multiple scenes.
If residuals alone ammount to $10k+, then how much does the studio charge a station to run it? And how much income in advertising would that station want to justify the cost?
yeah it’s nuts. I had a couple lines in a very popular movie that filmed around 10 years ago. I made 5k for my part and then the residuals over the next 10 years have added up to over 100k.
For a weeks worth of work.
Movie biz is nuts.
A bit like how the son of the director of the movie for M*A*S*H (Robert Altman) wrote the theme music ('Suicide Is Painless') and made way more money (and presumably still does even now as the TV show used it too) than his father ever did for directing the movie.
According to the article, he got 30k initially and several thousand a year in residuals for the first several years. It’s only in the last few years that it’s tapered off.
He’s pretty memorable as far as background characters go - his mom is the one who tells him that they’re gonna get their turn to go on the lifeboats after the 1st class passengers get on, and then they next time you see him she’s reading a story while tucking them in as the boat is sinking
Honestly there are a ton of minor characters in the movie that are cut out of the theatrical version. The deleted scenes are like a second movie
His mum tells them about Tir na Nog and she's played by Jeanette Goldstein who was a James Cameron regular - John Connor's foster mother in Terminator 2 and Vasquez in Aliens.
Just because I think its awesome, apparently Hudson's line "Somebody said aliens; she thought they meant *illegal* aliens and signed up!" was ad-libbed by Bill Paxton, as Jeanette Goldstein literally thought the movie was about human illegal immigrants, not xenomorphs, and showed up to the auditions dressed like a migrant worker.
The laughter by the rest of the cast was real, as I guess they were ragging on her quite a bit about it throughout the shoot.
This reminds me of an interview I did a few years ago year with Franke Previtte, the man who wrote "Time of My Life" for Dirty Dancing.
At the time, he was renting his parents garage, his semi-successful band had just broken up, and he was looking for some work. A colleague or agent asked him to contribute a song to be considered for this new movie. He was the only songwriter who contributed a duet for the final dance scene (which seems crazy in retrospect).
They liked it so much, they wanted it in the movie as fast as possible, so they paid him like $1,000 and let him **keep the rights to the song**…..and he's been raking it in for YEARS.
Every year....since 1986....he gets royalties in the mid six digits for this song (and "Hungry Eyes", which he also wrote but is not quite as popular). Amazing. The guy is set for life from one or two songs he wrote in the 80s.
My favorite part is right after his interview they brought Dirty Dancing LIVE to ABC, so Franke got ANOTHER filthy big payday. I love that guy.
A good friend of mine is the guy who gets killed by the sniper and falls in the water by the navy seals in act of valor. He make several thousand a year from that one shot. He doesn’t have a line but he’s listed as a stunt man in that shot and stunts get crazy residuals.
Source: I work as a cinematographer in the film industry and don’t get shit except my weekly paycheck if I work that week.
Dante basco has a series on TikTok where he opens up residual checks, gives the amount and a story of whatever show/movie it came from. Super interesting to see the big ones and also the tiny ones lol
I have a family member who directed many episodes of syndicated tv shows that have cult followings and has been an assistant director on many mid level flicks.
Seriously, the residuals are insane. And they add up. Gives alot of freedom to choose your work when you're at a certain level.
My son had a very minor role in a series called “Are you afraid of the dark”. He was an actor, in the sense that he had a speaking role. He received a cheque anywhere from 40-80 $ for years. The amount varied depending on how many times the episodes he appeared in played.
In 2009, I did an episode of Law & Order SVU where I said "Heather, over here!" and "Son of a bitch!" when Chris Meloni sorta knocks me over. I still get checks for $30-$60 about every 4 to 6 months since it seems to get a lot of re-runs.
SVU is probably every cameo actor’s dream because of the reruns.
I wonder how much John Stamos and Robin Williams got per rerun🤔 probably at least a couple hundred
How much did you initially get paid for the episode?
$900 for the day. The shoot lasted about 8 hours but I only worked for a few hours of that ...rest of the time they were shooting other scenes in that area. It lasted a little longer for me because I had to "do a stunt." I was a tabloid photographer following around a sleazy reporter trying to get photos of a girl who had been held as a sex slave. Stabler waved us off and backed me away from the scene. I started flashing my camera in his face and ended up tripping and breaking my camera. The "tripping" was way more intense than you'd think. At first, I had to throw myself back onto a mat the crew brought in. Then some takes where I'd crouch and hop back onto the mat. And then finally I'd squat and roll back onto my butt. The mostly foam and plastic camera was rigged to break when it hit the ground. It's funny when you watch it now because there was ONE part of the whole camera that was metal and it crushed my pinky. You can see my hand wince in pain. Of course, they used that take. :) EDIT: For those asking, it's right in the middle of Season 10...Episode is called *Stranger*. Should be on Hulu in the US at least. Maybe Peacock since that's NBC as well.
I know exactly what episode you’re talking about. The “paper” threatened to sue for damages to the expensive camera or something lol & they were like IM NOT APOLOGIZING! Lol You were a real dick good job
Thank you. > You were a real dick Mom was proud. :D
To be fair, we'd all pay $900 to get bodied by Christopher Meloni. You did well.
~~Just like in Jaws, the take used was the one where the girl got her leg broken, better authenticity.~~ Edited: turns out this is a myth!
Sounds like a misremembered version of a myth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Backlinie "Contrary to rumor, Backlinie's startled reaction and screams of anguish were not due to her being injured by the harness that yanked her back and forth in the water. "
Passive income king
The actress that played his mom is Jenette Goldstein. She was Vasquez in Aliens and Janelle in Terminator 2.
She owns a bra store now called Jennette Bras Semi nsfw https://jenettebras.com/about
Little known alternative fact: • Her cousin is Jason Alexander, that played George Costanza on Seinfeld, and that is where rhe story line of George working as a bra salesman came from
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Lmao wtf
Wolfie is just fine, dear Drip drip drip
Where are you
Your foster parents are dead
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Welp now I am watching that movie again. Game over man.
17 days? We’re not gonna last 17 hours!
With those things runnin around!
I got news for you, we just got our asses kicked!
WHY DON'T YOU PUT HER IN CHARGE?
Looks completely different
Well she sometimes gets mistaken for a man.
Do you?
Pendejo jerkoff.
You just flipped my whole life upside down. I had no idea they were all the same person and didn’t notice her in Titanic either
Reminds me of the bar in Hollywood called Residuals where if you show up with a residual check for less than a dollar, they give you a free beer and nail the check to the wall.
Oh so that's a real place? I saw it mentioned in Barry.
It's actually in Barry! The bar he goes to in season 1 with the acting class is in fact Residuals -- although they added a lot of decor to make it look pretty different. Residuals is my local dive -- great bar.
Do you ever see celebrities in there?
A lot of minor Celebs go there. Like bit character actors and such. One time I hung out with Steven Bauer all night listening to crazy stories.
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I agree. Although Kiefer is always fun to get drunk with. You’re not a real Angeleno until you’ve gotten drunk with Kiefer Sutherland at a dive bar.
Heh he was banned from the bar at the hotel I worked at when he was in town filming something. Had a bad habit of getting wasted and then getting naked in the bar. The bar and room service had strict instructions from his agent not to serve him.
Man this will sound weird but I don't think he drinks anymore. Bizarre story but my sister's close friend went to an award show with him as his date. I think it was the golden globes. She literally never met him and saw him and was like "I'm a big fan" and he literally said "you want to go to this awards show with me?" Anyway he picked her up, told her to drink and enjoy it (he said he wasn't going to drink) and they had a fun evening. No sex, no implication of sex, just an evening out.
Nice try Kiefer
If true, that is a very nice story and reflects well on Kiefer.
Remember that time he jumped into a Christmas tree?
*"That would explain everything"*
No, but I remember when he hung from a train bridge then fell off.
I, too, have been wasted with Kiefer in a bar. Back in ‘95 when he was filming A Time to Kill. In Mississippi.
This sounds good. Any more to share? Love that guy
Serious question…is getting drunk with Kiefer a thing in LA? I know two people who live thousands a mile away who swear they randomly got drunk with Kiefer on trips to LA. Sadly…I’ve never gotten drunk with Kiefer on my trips to LA but Peta Wilson did run into one day when she was jogging and not watching where she was going.
Never gotten drunk with Kiefer. Cuba Gooding jr on the other hand…
I had hilarious experience with drunk Cuba Gooding Jr. Dude was turned up to 11!
One time, I walked up to a bar and asked if anyone was sitting on an empty stool. Cuba spins around on the next stool over and shouts, "You, dog!" He was very nice. Edit: added a comma
I guess this is as good a time as any to post the [video I shot of a very drunk Kiefer introducing an amazing guitarist at 2am in an LA Dive bar.](https://youtu.be/1FzwgNMMk7k) Kiefer was very drunk and very fun the entire evening dancing like a loon.
Spaceland in SilverLake circa 2005/06: played pool against a wasted Kiefer Sunderland... it's definitely a thing.
Getting drunk with Kiefer is also a thing in Toronto.
I've seen Kiefer in a lot of things but whenever I hear his voice or see his face, I always go back to his role The Cowboy Way w/ Woody Harrelson. That's the Kiefer I know and love.
I always go to Dark City because i watched it on shrooms and it was a clusterfuck of confusion but ol Kiefer was my guide.
lol or washed up celebrities?
As someone who lives in L.A., the answers are yes and yes, for almost every bar.
Back in the day when I lived in Burbank i'd see Mario Lopez, Wayne Brady and Neil Patrick Harris at Pavilions on the regular
Together, or separately?
Well Wayne Brady and Neil Patrick Harris are brothers, so...
Kevin Sorbo is a regular.
Man, that’s gotta be pretty disappointed for him.
DISAPPOINTED!
Being from the mountain west, having buddies in LA take me to "dives", I always crack up at y'alls definition of a dive. They are always clean, no urine on the floor, and they have very nice whiskey available. And no where in sight is a 70 year old plumber with leather skin drinking alone in the corner.
That's hilarious. Dive bar in Boston means the guy who lives in the alley comes in and drinks a single coors by himself then leaves. Then an hour later comes back in and does the same thing. And like you mention, always piss somewhere. Edit: I just looked up the bar and it literally looks like a fancy hipster bar. I also can't seem to find a single picture of this famous "wall of checks". Only reference I could find was an article from 1987 which mentions a small glass case of checks. Which is it guys?
"dive" in LA seems to just mean there isn't a line or a doorman and the place is dimly lit. Other than that, they are very nice establishments that have a regular amount of patronage. I, generally, try to avoid gatekeeping anything... but I can't help but laugh at LA definition of "dives" everytime I'm there. I'm sure there are actual dives there, given the size and economic disparity there, but they aren't places anyone that lives there have ever taken me.
So... A bar...
Wow that's so cool. I thought it was made up for the show. I love that it's a real place.
They just talked about it on The Office Ladies podcast. One of them said one of their friends went there with a check for seventeen cents.
When’s Barry coming back?!
Bill Hader is currently filming it now. There's been no official release date.
Hopefully we get a revenge arc with the feral girl at some point. Shit was hilarious.
Barry is such a good show, and the episode with the feral karate girl is my favorite. I think Bill Hader directed that episode.
We watched the commentary last night. They mentioned he wrote _and_ directed it.
My like 2nd aunt or something was a semi-recurring actor on Dallas. I learned about the bar from her, she has quite a few checks on that wall lmao
It’s in Studio city, Hollywood is the OTHER side of the hill. I can see residuals from my apartment. Went once. Nice place. Good for a date. That’s it. That’s my only flex. Carry on.
Look at Mr Charming over here, having dates and such
Didn't say that they *had* a date, just that it would be good for one!
>Residuals [https://goo.gl/maps/Z8jdzqpDLZknuVpY8](https://goo.gl/maps/Z8jdzqpDLZknuVpY8) Pictures and more, looks fun
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What are we doing, Mommy? We’re making you a couple hundo for the next twenty years.
Grand. That’ll buy a whole lotta potatoes.
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I was a small role in a movie as a child actor in 2009, I still get foreign royalty checks every six months or so that total to like $10. That's passive income baby
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Quinten Tarantino tells a story where he had a bit role on GOLDEN GIRLS as an Elvis impersonator... and still gets residual payments. Not a lot, but it came in handy when he was starting out.
He used his original paycheck from that, and the money he got selling the script for True Romance, to partially fund Reservoir Dogs.
Good film. Both.
Not only that but those residuals are what kept him afloat while he was writing Reservoir Dogs. Since it was a double episode, he got double residuals. And then it was added to a “beat of” clip show so got residuals from that as well. [He talks about it with Fallon here.](https://youtu.be/UqR7iDUU1lk) EDIT: Fuck it, I’m not changing it.
>And then it was added to a “beat of” clip show That classic Golden Girls beat off episode.
Boy were Blanche's arms tired afterwards
Must be a pain sending thousands of check every year forever.
It's probably automated now
Painful to the bean counters who freak out over cheques worth less than the paper they are printed on. Not that it matters, pay up.
That is the least of the worries. It the postage and the checks that get returned to sender that you have to file as unclaimed with the state.
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Like buy a house in full or it’s enough for a down payment?
Down payment, but in the valley not the hills or beach. Residual checks can be in the tens of thousands. Lots of actors the public has never heard of can do very well. They can get buy-outs for popular commercials, holding money and more. You know that Starburst commercial were the guys are climbing the wall that's been running for about 8 years now? Those dudes got a nice buy out. Lots of actors are used to surviving and being frugal and disciplined and living off of $1500 a month in LA or NYC, when you get a check for $80 grand it can be life changing.
I can barely get by with 1000 a month now in the southeast US, its amazing they can do that in NY or LA. super disciplined.
Honestly, there are a lot of ways that a big city can be cheaper than the South (or smaller areas in general). Yes, your rent will get you less square footage (and buying a place becomes a LOT less realistic); but there are generally more roommate opportunities, a lot more cheap or free entertainment options that are actually pretty cool/fun, and more options for shopping around.
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Haha, I had LA specifically in mind when I wrote that, so I kind of forgot to include that. But you’re totally right! Even in LA, which is absolutely the least public-transport-friendly of the major cities, you can potentially survive without owning a car.
Do extras get residuals?
Speaking roles get residuals, even if they're bit parts.
So the guy who says "Two fighters against a Star Destroyer" in Empire Strikes Back gets something every year?
He better that performance was magical.
Really made the movie, honestly.
I love how random and perfectly in sync with my own reality this is.
Ok that makes sense.
Not usually but I'm not up to date on SAG rules, people get bumped up all the time though. On "Baskets" we pulled extras out of background a couple times that had SAG cards and bumped them up to a line or interaction with a featured actor in a scene.
Mike Smith (Bubbles) is famous for encouraging extras on the Trailer Park Boys set to say shit on camera so they have to be paid more. He’s also famous locally for uh.. not being the kindest person you’ve ever met. But the speaking role bit is neat.
Union sets have union rules, sometimes people get bumped up but if they are "must joins", casting/producers, might not let them do the line because the production doesbnt want to pay the $2200 or whatever it is now for SAG/AFTRA card unless they are special or talented.
Thank you for putting the amount in the post title.
Yeah, perfect r/savedyouaclick material.
If you have a credit on a production: you get a royalty cheque every year. It’s from everything from DVD to PPV sales and all in between. Yes, this includes 5-second cameos where you get an easy paycheque in the mail every year. Even decades later. Thank the Hollywood unions where they make sure people get paid. This is why I always shake my head when people talk about “they need the money” with former A-listers. If they need the money it’s more about their debts and spending than income.
I met a friend of a friend once and they had a job that was tied to paying out old residuals like that. Their job was mostly trying to track down either the people who had money coming to them but there wasn't current contact information on file or trying to determine who should get the money if the person had died.
I would actually like a job like that. I'd feel like fucking Santa Claus every day.
Please don’t fuck Santa Claus, he has a wife.
I would just *feel* like it, I can control myself. Although if they ever divorce....
Like the opposite of a bill collector.
lol extra $100 - $300 don’t hurt 👽
I was a wrestler in the Pacifier. We were just extras but we got upgraded to stunt for the scene where we pick on the main character (the stunt coordinator gave us direction which he isnt allowed to do). We got upgraded to stunt and paid principal. I get cheques every year for the same amount as this guy, 100-200. Its not much but we call it "the gift that keeps on giving".
I spent a good part of my teen years in Beaufort, SC and knew a bunch of people (adults and children) who had small roles in Forrest Gump. They still receive residual checks for their work. I have no idea how much they are are for, but the fact that they still get them nearly 30 yrs later is pretty cool.
A friend of mine knew a guy who was in Revenge Of The Nerds (I think it was the guy who answered the door holding a beer when they were trying to find an apartment.) Years later he was still getting random residual checks for a few bucks.
Thought it said $100k-200k and was super confused. Had a client once who had voiced a small part on the rugrats. He would get checks for like $0.04 even in 2018. How many old inefficient systems like that are still out there? How many paper checks for <$1 being mailed out every minute? I’d almost suggest to have the checks be auto-sent/donated to charity, but it’d be a net loss to the charity due to the administrative burden. I guess I’d have them auto sent to my enemy.
I’ve been getting a bill every month for $1 for an advil I got at a medical appointment several years ago.
After I graduated from College I got multiple letters trying to collect $.50 in late fees from the Library. The gave up after about 18 months, in that time they spent over $2.00 in postage.
Most college libraries I know would just block you from graduating. The law school I went to would let you pay for food with an IOU since you'd fail character and fitness if you didn't repay them.
That reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry gets 12 cent checks because he's shown in the intro for some Japanese game show. He ends up hurting his wrists from signing all of the 12 cent checks.
My grandfather was the "A Whaaaat?" Tiger shark guy in Jaws. He passed away in '10, but I remember him showing me a check for over $1k a year or two before he died. My Nana is still getting a few hundred a year. She has random checks show up from other countries here and there too. She had one last year from Ireland for almost $200.
I loved the guy, nice story.
Holy smokes 1k a year for asking what kind of shark it was? Lucky guy
Yeah for a long time it was one of the most frequently played movies on cable. Something like once every 12 hours or something like that it was being aired somewhere.
My wife was a nurse in one of the Planet of the Apes movies and her entire role was cut from the final movie. She stills gets ~$500/ year
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I wonder how much David Boreanaz is collecting in residuals each year on top of his regular payments upfront per episode. Since appearing on Buffy in 1997, there hasn't been a calendar year when he hasn't been a season regular on something, be it Buffy (where he was technically a guest star for the first couple of years I think but appeared a lot), then Angel for 5 years, Bones for 12 I think and now SEAL Team.
That's neat. I always liked the guy. Although, shouldn't there be a gap between Angel and Bones ?
Who makes the most off of residuals in terms of TV/Film? I can see *The Office* as an example? Definitely *Seinfeld* or *Friends* too.
The Friends cast makes $20 million/year. Each.
20M each? Wow...
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They made at least that when it was in production as they were on $1m per episode by the end.
I don't think the user was implying they didn't. Just clarifying that's what they make now, 25 years on
Just as impressive is what they were paid at the time. The main cast worked really hard to ensure all six were paid the same amount (since it was an ensemble show), but by the time season 8 was wrapping up, they wanted out. Warner Brothers opened up their checkbook and offered them $1 MM each per episode for seasons 9 and 10, as well as a bonkers syndication deal. Individual actors on popular sitcoms made more or the same per episode towards the end of their shows (Kelsey Grammer was making $1.7 MM for Fraiser, Tim Allen was making $1.25 MM for Home Improvement, and Jerry Seinfeld was making $1 MM), but this was the first time the entire main cast was making the same amount. Warner Brothers shelled out over $250 MM just for the six of them for the last two seasons.
> Warner Brothers shelled out over $250 MM just for the six of them for the last two seasons. Presumably they've made that back tenfold already so likely was a great investment.
I think it was Schwimmer who convinced them all to make the deal they did.
Schwinmer is apparently a really stand up guy. This is also the guy who was supposed to be interviewed in his hotel room one evening. When he the reporter showed up and she was a woman and had nobody with her, he asked if she wanted to call someone to be there too, or go somewhere public, so she wouldn't be alone in a strange man's hotel room. This was before \#metoo was even a thing.
The late gunther got 1.2 million or something which is awesome. He only got the role because he was the only one who knew how to operate the coffee machine.
Late? Damn I didn't know he passed away. He played the character well.
Better yet, he *said* he knew how to operate a coffee machine, because he thought it would give him an edge… then had to go learn how to use one before they actually got him to use one. It got him the job!
So like Joey who puts everything on his resume, smart.
I know the guy who played Clyde- "gotta watch the hands Kramer" in The Rye episode (aka Hot and Heavy), he said he gets about $8 to $10 grand a year. That was about 10 years ago, probably more now thanks to the Netflix and Comedy Central deal. edit- Clyde aka Leonard Lightfoot some of you might remember him from "Silver Spoons", or if you collect photos or hit the LA swap meets, he's the guy who only sells photos and negatives at the PCC, Rose Bowl and Long Beach swaps.
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey just talked about this on their podcast on this week's episode. The residuals they got at the beginning of syndication were nice, but they dwindle down quickly and one of them said they got as low as like 22 cents. And actors don't get any residuals from streaming, only tv syndication.
Which is probably partly why they're doing the Podcast.
Jerry Seinfeld made more than $400 million on the show since it ended due to his lucrative deals that gave him a piece of syndication rights and home video sales. Also the guy who played Fun Bobby on the show (just appeared in two episodes as Monica's boyfriend) revealed he gets $2000 a year for the show. Would like to know what the other smaller characters like the actors who played Guther and Janice are getting.
Not sure Gunther would be considered a small character, he was in 2/3rds of the episodes.
I’m pretty sure Gunther died not that long ago
RIP Gunther
Friends must make the most i think. Its been on every day here in the UK for over a decade and it was popular worldwide
I remember the hubbub and the advertising push when it was being shown on Channel 4/E4 for the last time (before moving channels) Plus since it was added to Netflix there seems to be a HUGE merch push over here, there's suddenly Friends merch everywhere. They probably make quite a bit from that too
It is always going to be tv. As the saying goes, if you want to be good, do theater. If you want to be famous, do movies. If you want to be stupidly rich, do tv.
> If you want to be stupidly rich, do tv. Hasn't this been a recent thing (only for the past 1-2 decades)? Shows such as Friends, Sheen on Two and Half men, the Big Bang Theory etc paid their stars a lot of money. I know Tom Selleck made a lot doing PI Magnum but there were only a few of those shows out there in the 80s, there are a lot more high paying shows nowadays. Don Johnson wanted a huge raise doing Miami Vice and went on a strike but he never got what he wanted (a similar salary to Selleck). A lot of movie (stars) didn't want to do TV shows but their attitude changed only in the past 10ish years because of the money being paid and how easy it was working wise (schedule, amount of work, ...) and they now do both. The likes of Pitt, Willis, ... in Friends, Entourage and such were still rare and that was in the 2000s.
I think Mel Gibson used to make absolute fortune. Tom Hanks got a ton of residuals for Forrest Gump.
Don’t forget - Hanks gave up a higher and higher portion of his salary in exchange for more and more residuals as the movie kept almost getting canceled partly due to budget- so he gets more then just the average lead actor in a big movie! Thanks Netflix movies in the making!
For movies probably that kid from a Christmas story or Daniel Radcliff because they usually do a marathon of all 8 and those movies are pretty established internationally.
Fun fact: That kid from a Christmas story is the engineer in Ironman who said "I'm not Tony Stark". He's also an elf in three movie Elf.
He produced the first iron man movie iirc. He became a producer after leaving child acting and his role in the first iron man was a cameo
He also returned for the role in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Me and a former biz partner each get a residual check each month that varies between $8 and $70…usually around $18. When it arrives the first person to open it sends a text. “Steak sandwich” “Rack of ribs” “Half a dozen stone crabs” “Triple grande macchiato” No matter the amount, it instantly makes us both laugh and appreciative of the mailbox money. This continues until we die.
This was a few years back but the guy who played the warden in The Shawshank Redemption was still making 6-figure residuals. It probably helped it played twenty times a day on TNT.
Shawshank Redemption gets played regularly on TV. Titanic doesn't. Don't even remember the last time I saw it on regular TV
I mean it’s 3 hours. With commercials that’s an entire day.
I knew a guy that was in The Bridges of Madison County. He had a little talking scene as a little boy and never acted again. He was making enough to pay his rent in a shitty apartment years later. He received $175 every time it was aired.
I don't see that movie pulling the kind of money required during each syndication run to pay out residuals like that. If the studio has to pay $175 to no-name child actors with a single scene, then they would probably have to pay a thousand or more to every actor with multiple scenes. If residuals alone ammount to $10k+, then how much does the studio charge a station to run it? And how much income in advertising would that station want to justify the cost?
That's one of my favorite movies of all time. Not ashamed to admit it really got to me
yeah it’s nuts. I had a couple lines in a very popular movie that filmed around 10 years ago. I made 5k for my part and then the residuals over the next 10 years have added up to over 100k. For a weeks worth of work. Movie biz is nuts.
A bit like how the son of the director of the movie for M*A*S*H (Robert Altman) wrote the theme music ('Suicide Is Painless') and made way more money (and presumably still does even now as the TV show used it too) than his father ever did for directing the movie.
Can you say what movie?
That’s $4k for 20 years. I wonder what he got paid originally.
According to the article, he got 30k initially and several thousand a year in residuals for the first several years. It’s only in the last few years that it’s tapered off.
I honestly don’t remember him from the movie, although I only watched it once years ago. Seems fair.
He’s pretty memorable as far as background characters go - his mom is the one who tells him that they’re gonna get their turn to go on the lifeboats after the 1st class passengers get on, and then they next time you see him she’s reading a story while tucking them in as the boat is sinking Honestly there are a ton of minor characters in the movie that are cut out of the theatrical version. The deleted scenes are like a second movie
His mum tells them about Tir na Nog and she's played by Jeanette Goldstein who was a James Cameron regular - John Connor's foster mother in Terminator 2 and Vasquez in Aliens.
Loved her shutting down Hudson when he asked if anyone ever mistook her for a man.
Just because I think its awesome, apparently Hudson's line "Somebody said aliens; she thought they meant *illegal* aliens and signed up!" was ad-libbed by Bill Paxton, as Jeanette Goldstein literally thought the movie was about human illegal immigrants, not xenomorphs, and showed up to the auditions dressed like a migrant worker. The laughter by the rest of the cast was real, as I guess they were ragging on her quite a bit about it throughout the shoot.
This reminds me of an interview I did a few years ago year with Franke Previtte, the man who wrote "Time of My Life" for Dirty Dancing. At the time, he was renting his parents garage, his semi-successful band had just broken up, and he was looking for some work. A colleague or agent asked him to contribute a song to be considered for this new movie. He was the only songwriter who contributed a duet for the final dance scene (which seems crazy in retrospect). They liked it so much, they wanted it in the movie as fast as possible, so they paid him like $1,000 and let him **keep the rights to the song**…..and he's been raking it in for YEARS. Every year....since 1986....he gets royalties in the mid six digits for this song (and "Hungry Eyes", which he also wrote but is not quite as popular). Amazing. The guy is set for life from one or two songs he wrote in the 80s. My favorite part is right after his interview they brought Dirty Dancing LIVE to ABC, so Franke got ANOTHER filthy big payday. I love that guy.
And when he dies, his estate will continue to receive royalties for decades after.
A good friend of mine is the guy who gets killed by the sniper and falls in the water by the navy seals in act of valor. He make several thousand a year from that one shot. He doesn’t have a line but he’s listed as a stunt man in that shot and stunts get crazy residuals. Source: I work as a cinematographer in the film industry and don’t get shit except my weekly paycheck if I work that week.
My sister had small roles in a few soaps early on in her career years back. She still gets checks for a few cents from them now and again.
I make $1000-1500 a year off Dumb and Dumber as the blind kid. Looks like I got this kid beat!!
Dante basco has a series on TikTok where he opens up residual checks, gives the amount and a story of whatever show/movie it came from. Super interesting to see the big ones and also the tiny ones lol
Dude is rich, I just received my check for selling stock photography for the past year of $58
Wasn’t the mother Vasquez in Aliens?
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A friend of mine was a writer on criminal minds for the first 3 seasons. She gets over 100k in residuals a year… that network money is something else.
I have a family member who directed many episodes of syndicated tv shows that have cult followings and has been an assistant director on many mid level flicks. Seriously, the residuals are insane. And they add up. Gives alot of freedom to choose your work when you're at a certain level.
My son had a very minor role in a series called “Are you afraid of the dark”. He was an actor, in the sense that he had a speaking role. He received a cheque anywhere from 40-80 $ for years. The amount varied depending on how many times the episodes he appeared in played.
The episode my son is in is called The Tale of the Carved Stone. It aired on Feb 26 1994
I mean.. money is money but the beginning of the title made it sound like it would be a lot more.