r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 10h ago

SOCIETY In 2018, a customer secretly photographed Geoffrey Owens best known for playing Elvin on the Cosby Show working at a Trader Joe's in Clifton, New Jersey, and the images were published online in an attempt to "job-shame" him. Instead, he was able to get more work as an actor because of it.

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He went on to explain that most actors and indeed most entertainers are gig workers. For every a-lister many other actors work gig to gig and having steady work and a steady income that pays well is really hard because the field is so unpredictable. And many actors including many well know actors and artists have to have a secondary source of regular income between gigs and for most working entertainers it means getting a regular job and taking whatever roles you can get.

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u/Sfpuberdriver 5h ago

Well his highest grossing movie is Batman v Superman so I’m going with Gal Gadot

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u/Diplomatic_Gunboats 4h ago

Gal Gadot doesnt have the range to play a waitress ;)

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u/peachpower2 3h ago

She kept asking me if I needed a refill, but I didn't feel like she really wanted to know if I wanted a refill.

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u/Hilsam_Adent 1h ago

Re-fill! No!

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u/Levitlame 3h ago

That sounds like spot on for many waiters/waitresses out there

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u/mightylordredbeard 1h ago

“Umm.. how’s the kale salad here?”

“KAL-E NOOOO”

“.. okay thanks..”

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u/adam_sky 4h ago

Gal Gadot hasn’t been an actress for 25 years.

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u/grilledstuffed 2h ago

Gal Gadot hasn’t been an actress

She’s one of those life size cutouts.

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u/PeneItaliano 2h ago

Gal Gadot is still working and gets paid millions per film. 

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u/Gold_Telephone_7192 3h ago

Gal Gadot is an A lister and is not waiting tables lol. She was already a successful model before she became an “actress.”

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u/Sfpuberdriver 3h ago

Oh wow I had no idea! My second guess is Armageddon and Liv Tyler!

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u/PeneItaliano 2h ago

Liv Tyler is a trust fund kid. Her dad is Steven Tyler…