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DonnieDelaware t1_j6jnlxe wrote

Reply to comment by StephenHunterUK in Actors who were fired from the 1st or 2nd season of a hit show, even though they were good in it. by Lili_Danube

I feel like all actors need to be told the same thing that many figured out: make all the money you can and star in everything you can because one day the phone will stop ringing.

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jblanch3 t1_j6kfkh7 wrote

I was reading an interview with Samuel L. Jackson once and he said that he says "Yes" to pretty much everything. I've seen his name on some direct-to-video stinkers over the years and was wondering why he, of all people, would sign on to shit like that? He said a similar thing in the interview, that before he finally made it big, there were many days where the phone didn't ring and he never forgot it, and doesn't take for granted that it won't happen again.

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square3481 t1_j6lf283 wrote

Christopher Walken has said more or less the same thing: that if he's not busy, he'll sign up for just about anything, as he enjoys what he does.

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StephenHunterUK t1_j6jr4iz wrote

Eccleston is still getting plenty of work in the UK though. He was an acclaimed actor before he started; all the Doctors since the 1996 TV movie bar the unknown Matt Smith had good track records before they were cast.

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