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From what I understand, that kind of life (and career) is far far less attractive than it might seem. Actors are, effectively, freelancers and not employees. Every few months, they are out of a job and need to actively look for new jobs, which is worse in terms of general stability than even the regular "everyday person" blue collar jobs or office jobs where you know that you are reasonably secure unless you fuck up or some changes happen at the company. Even if you have an agent who handles a certain chunk of this role-seeking/applying process, it's still auditions (= job interviews) all the time, not knowing whether you'll be employed in a month or next year, etc. And the pay isn't particularly great unless you're one of the few household names or "oh hey I know that face" guys. It's middle class at most, often lower middle.
I was following this one actress from random B-movies. Mostly because she's attractive, but also I genuinely think that she's not a bad actress, she even carried one of these movies as a lead quite nicely. Then, after years of doing these gigs, she hopped onto some endless soap opera that has been coming out every weekday FOR 60 YEARS NOW and that's all that she's been doing since 2018. 7 years straight of it just being a "day job", presumably spending 3-4 full workdays filming your parts for the upcoming episodes.
Interestingly, she quit this very recently with the intent of putting herself out there again and seeking new roles. But she also gave birth to 2 kids in this time period, so I imagine from the point of view of a human who has wants and needs in terms of personal life, this show was a welcome harbor of much-needed stability in life.
