Actors Union, SAG-AFTRA Quotes

The classical actor in England makes roughly the equivalent of a bus driver.

As one union, SAG-AFTRA will support a future of great entertainment for all of us.

It is my mission to make sure SAG-AFTRA protects our members' ability to do the work they love and to build their lives around it.

I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on the books and I'd have to change my last or first name. I had played the character of Nathan Detroit, whom I liked very much, in 'Guys and Dolls,' so I took the name Nathan.

A lack of diversity permeates our industry, and SAG-AFTRA as an organization is committed to effecting change.

I was very lucky: I started acting in this highly subsidized German theater world, so there was not so much job insecurity. We had great working conditions, long rehearsal times, well paid.

The Muppets have such a great tradition of bringing together all of genres of actors and all ages of actors.

After 9/11 and the impending actors' strike of a few years ago, roles dried up for everyone.

It's never me saying, 'When is my day over?' It's more, 'When do they legally have to get me off of the lot, based on when I have to be back the next day?' The first call is a big thing in the acting world and in the union world. There needs to be a 12 hour period, and I need it.

Pension and health benefits are a cornerstone of union protection. When actors' work is split between two unions, that protection is weakened or, in the worst cases, eliminated. That's not acceptable, and it's one of many reasons merging SAG and AFTRA makes sense.

As an actor, I get my insurance from the Screen Actor's Guild by union, and you have to make so much every year to get that type 1 insurance.

Words have consequences and SAG-AFTRA members deserve leadership that is interested in the path forward, not a return to the divisiveness of the past. I am proud to provide that leadership.

Broadway doesn't pay that much.

One of the tangible benefits of the merger is that we are not vying with each other for work. We can now focus on organizing work in one place. There is no SAG, no AFTRA, only SAG-AFTRA.

Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.