tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post8817591716205178189..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Day Jobs for the 21st CenturyPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-26024891229495611872010-11-25T17:51:36.113-05:002010-11-25T17:51:36.113-05:00I've always thought actors should make good sa...I've always thought actors should make good salespeople, for reasons similar to why they make good waiters: either job goes better if you can adopt a friendly persona and can sell yourself first. But for some reason I've never seen anyone try it (that I can recall).<br /><br />Incidentally, one of my friends earned a graduate-level acting degree (from SMU at the time people like Kathy Bates were in the same program), found he was better at theater administration than acting, and later found he was even better at counseling and, currently, executive coaching. Swollen Foot had a good idea.John Branchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323569021826786444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-39474745380133693492010-11-19T10:52:41.710-05:002010-11-19T10:52:41.710-05:00Hi Anonymous! I wasn't actually thinking as se...Hi Anonymous! I wasn't actually thinking as seriously about it as you, nor was I thinking about the practicalities of an actor actually becoming a counsellor or a psychologist... I was just thinking of the skills of the two jobs. I took the original post as light-hearted and I matched that in my comment! What do you think is a good job, apart from exterminator?Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518919562780685453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-46566935001448483402010-11-19T10:47:11.410-05:002010-11-19T10:47:11.410-05:00Of course, Swollen Foot, having named yourself aft...Of course, Swollen Foot, having named yourself after the original hero complex you'd consider therapy as a career. Reality check: three years minimum for your masters (could set you back $90K +); another three years for your internship when you will earn very little and work long hours; two years full-time to establish a private practice which, if you were good, lucky and in the right niche, might afford the flexibility you'd need to rehearse and perform. Exterminator's a better choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-35784394288182711992010-11-19T10:28:24.181-05:002010-11-19T10:28:24.181-05:00Hahha, this is hilarious! I thought the only way t...Hahha, this is hilarious! I thought the only way to get rid of bed bugs was to burn your mattress, or buy a new one... is there in fact some stressful technique that only actors can perform?!<br /><br />I think actors would make fantastic psychologists/counsellors! We do so much character analysis we can surely recognise any emotional problem and sympathise with it!<br /><br />http://swollenfoottheatre.blogspot.comDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518919562780685453noreply@blogger.com