"Well, it’s not too hard to get on a reality show if you live in Los Angeles because they're casting around the clock, they’ll post often on Craigslist. People will actually recruit for reality shows. You’ll see people just approaching others in public places and saying: ‘hey, have you ever thought about (...)" Dalej
"What you need to know if you’re on tape or you’re asked to submit something - be yourself, don’t be a cartoon version of yourself to be interesting." Dalej
"I have almost never seen that work. There have been times when it has worked but it’s been very rare." Dalej
"And they may ask you for a heightened version of yourself or if I talk non-stop about a particular subject they’ll say: 'okay, when you get on the show just talk about it a lot." Dalej
"When you start a reality show, there are a lot of people that will be paid a stipend of maybe 500 bucks a week to be on a show." Dalej
"There are major celebrities that I have seen on shows who might get 3,000 dollars in an episode. That's something that’s done in addition to their normal life." Dalej
"Now, when you get into the second or third or fourth or fifth season of a show there’s a little bit more money there and you have some leverage and you can say, “well, you know, the few years of that I got on the show are up now, or the few years of my initial contract are up, now let’s renegotiate." Dalej
What do you think "having leverage" means in this sentence? "Now, when you get into the second or third or fourth or fifth season of a show there’s a little bit more money there and you have some leverage and you can say, “well, you know, the few years of that I got on the show are up now(...) let’s renegotiate.
"It is not a career. Don’t chase it because you’re gonna last five to seven, eight seasons on the show that’s really hot and then you’re going to disappear, there’s gonna be nothing." Dalej
"Most people in reality shows don’t do that. I will tell you that there’s an agent with a major agency that I had spoken to once about reality shows as far as the representation for reality stars. His take was: “every year a show like Big Brother will come out and there will be a huge cast of people that all decide that they want to be represented when the show ends. It’s like, “what do you do?” “Well, I’m the chick with blue hair.” “What do you DO?” Well, I’m a chick with blue hair on Big Brother and, you know, I’m kind of famous because I’m on Big Brother. There’s nowhere for them to take you, nothing for them to do with you." Dalej
