Don't_Worry_About_The_Money

Hi, my name is Aaron Marcus, America's premier acting and commercial modeling career coach, the author of How to Become a Successful Commercial Model, now in its 5th edition, the founder of howtomodel.com, and I've been making my living as an actor and a commercial model for over 26 years. This week I wanted to talk to you about an experience that I am about to have, and so this, this This video blog is called Don't Worry About the Money. Now, of course, in some ways that's kind of a silly statement. Of course you've got to worry about money. I mean, we've— I've got a house, got to pay the mortgage. I've got kids. They like to eat as well as I do, and my wife likes to eat. And got car expenses, and so of course we've got to make money. But what I mean by don't worry about the money, and I'm very serious about this, is when it comes time to accepting or turning down a job, don't worry about the money. Now, let me just tell you, there are 2 different philosophies. I know some actors and commercial models who will only do a job if they're paid a minimum amount, and that's fine. However you want to run your business is, you know, it's your responsibility and it's a decision you have to make. The way that I do it is, like, I'm not going to lose money on a job, But some of the most important and some of the best jobs and the jobs that were most helpful to me came from very low-budgeted projects. And what I have always found is that when I'm working, it brings more work and it surrounds me around other people in the industry that I can connect with. And so the reason why this whole idea came up was I just read for, and it looks like I got cast in a, it's a low-budget feature film. And I'm gonna be shooting it— actually, by the time you see this on Tuesday, it should have already been shot over the weekend. And so I booked it, and the agent was going over details with me, and one of the questions I had, because it's not like a regular feature, it's a low-budget feature, I asked, you know, what is the fee? And according to the union contract, the SAG-AFTRA contract, it's $175 for It's a 10-hour day. They have you up to 10 hours. Which is— I mean, that's a whole lot less than working on a feature film. For a feature film, I mean, you're looking at over $800. But when I heard that number and she started to explain, well, but I think this is because— I was saying, really? You don't have to convince me. I want to do it. Because I just find that when I'm on a set, I'm going to meet other people. You know, I'm going to work with a director. I'm assuming things are going to go really well. The director is going to like my work. And yeah, right now this is a low-budget feature, and maybe in a year this director will be directing a huge project. And hopefully, you know, he'll remember me and, and want to use me again, work with me again. I'll be meeting other actors, and who knows, maybe this is something I can use on my next acting reel. So the point is The way that I run my business is that I don't determine whether I accept or turn down a job based on finances. There could be other reasons, and I can talk about that in another video blog, but it's not about the money. So really, don't worry about the money and just enjoy it. And I can't wait. I really hope it's a good experience, and I can let you guys know about it after it takes place. So anyhow, my name is Aaron Marcus. Hope this was helpful to you. If you have any questions at all, always feel free to email me at Aaron, that's A-A-R-O-N, at howtomodel.com. And you can also join me on my Facebook page, and please, you know, click the like button. And that's facebook.com/howtomodel. Join my acting and modeling community there from people around the world. It's really pretty cool. So anyhow, talk to you next week. Bye. Bye.