1st thoughts on background "acting"

the regulars, the people who do this as a career - full or part-time - are total weirdos. they're into it, as you would have to be, but TOO into it. constantly inventing characters and scenarios in their heads. i had to pick up fake "talking" in a hurry. then there's another category, the ones who want to be famous/stars. doing this is probably the place to start, unless one has amazing luck. i fall into the last category, the ones who are unemployed and looking to get some income. the sad thing is, i am working slightly fewer hours extraing, INCLUDING commute (which i'm not paid for) than i was doing production design for that show that shall not be mentioned, not including commute time. AND i am making more per day. doing production design, i was seriously busting my ass and there was plenty of manual labor. today was spent mostly sitting and doing some reading. marginal walking and standing. that, my friends, is sad.