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    • November 26, 2008 by kfury
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    • My first job: child actor
    • You may know me from my roles in the background of such shows as 'Scarecrow & Mrs. King', 'Airwolf', and 'Emerald Point N.A.S.'!

      From 2nd through 11th grade I would occasionally work as a movie and TV 'extra'. This was back when there was a Screen Extras Guild (like the Screen Actors Guild, but without the cool awards show or actual spoken lines). It was awesome. Once every couple months I'd get a call from my agent, Mr. Roscoe, and would get a day or two off school, working in a trailer school on the set and usually spending about 30 minutes in front of an actual camera.

      Thanks to the union (err, I mean 'guild'), my sister and I would get paid the same amount as grownups, and sometimes (and I mean *sometimes*) you'd actually see enough of our faces to recognize us.

       
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