It is an optical and ethical disaster.
Actors are already faced with undue financial pressures in their pursuit of work.
Carradines tweets were shared by Dungey, who replied, This is some real bullsh right here.
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We are paying to get jobs now.
We dont chat in audition waiting rooms anymore, but weve found each other on Twitter.
I also feel a responsibility to speak for actors who cant.
I hoped there would be a conversation.
Other actors weighed in on the rise of rental rooms for self-tapes.
Actress Claire Coffee (Grimm) thanked Carradine and Dungey and Sprague for speaking about thisworn-out-its welcome dysfunction.
Someone even started a petition toclose those selftape studios at casting offices.
I have no proof that casting offices watch my tapes.
Actors feel like they are sending our work into the void, says Sprague.
The relationship between casting and actors used to be special.
We were a team.
Most jobs I ever got were because of a note and my ability to interpret it.
A note was an opportunity to demonstrate what kind of actor I am and my versatility.
Those relationships with casting also floated many working actors during the lean times.
That communication is lost for most of us, and we miss it.
I dont think thats going to happen.
There are market forces shaping a very different reality in todays economy.
However, that doesnt mean theres no way to shape and control this.
In fact, thats the purpose of a union.
The union is very committed to doing everything it canvia our contracts, legislation, member education and more.
