Most of the time when the mail carrier arrives it is to leave advertisements,
bills and often times, checks.
Residual checks.
I’m not sure why actors aren’t
receiving these electronically. When I’ve asked the question at union meetings
they say that the studios refuse to participate. Usually, these checks are for
relatively small amounts, like $57.60 for an airing of the episode of FRIENDS,
my very first TV job, I shot in January of 1999. I do remember one day, while
living in New York. I was on my way to my restaurant job and stopped by my P.O.
Box at Rockefeller Center. In it was the largest check I’d ever seen made out
to me, it was 5 digits for a PEPSI job I did in Spain. I was in a fog after
looking at it. I don’t even remember the walk the rest of the way to the
restaurant.
Or $0.49, before taxes, ($0.27
after taxes) for a film I worked on in 1997.
Actually, several months ago, I
reached a milestone in my career. I had finally received one of those residual
checks that I had heard so much about. It was a check, made out to me,
for…$0.01. For a movie that I am not even in…at least they didn’t take taxes
out of it. Glad I’ve got that milestone out of the way. Things can only get
better from $0.01…
Right? Of course.
Well I think, “of course” depends
what ones definition of “right” is in a particular situation or perspective. “Right”
could mean that I received a much larger check than I received, so many years
ago, for the PEPSI job. Wouldn’t that be nice?!
Or it could be the
milestone-worthy check I received today. Fortunately, it was large enough so
that taxes could be taken out of it. This check really put a smile on my
face…especially the amount remaining after taxes. It even had a section on it
listed “Deposit Advice”!
That’s right. Today I received a
residual check for…
WAIT FOR IT!
* * VOID * *
as in $0.00, (after a $0.01
deduction of FICA-SSA tax).
I
will certainly not spend this…“all in one place”.
Callback: “CarMax” @ Brigid Mcbride Casting. I was good in the room for the most
part and I think I had a pretty good connection with the director. There was one little part that I think
I fumbled a little bit, but hopefully that won’t take me out of the running.
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