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do actors deserve to be paid so much money?

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I don't get upset at much, but I can't stand it when "deserve" and salary/wages are used in the same sentence, as if it's wrong for a person/position to make their respective wage. A position or person "deserves" whatever that position or person is believed to be worth to someone else. It's not a tough concept, really.

I may hate every actor you put up there (I actually don't), but if someone else is willing to pay that person that much money then more power to them. I'm not forced to watch their movie, but the theater's popcorn or buy the Blu Ray when it comes out. It's no skin off my back.
 
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I dont think they need to be paid that much. I mean what else would they do if they ony got $1million per movie? They would take it because that is the best they can get and they most likely have no other skills to fall on. Same with professional sports. Bring down the price of admission and food 🙂
 
Murloc said:
This.
Money is useless if you just use it for material stuff, but you can still buy experiences, by traveling or whatever.

Material possessions get boring or expected after a short lived honeymoon.
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I forgot experiences pretty much as soon as they are over and they usually give me anxiety. I'll take material possessions. A new tv every couple years generates more happiness than a trip or something that I won't remember.
 
SheHateMe said:
Channing Tatum does not deserve $60 mil for that disaster "White House Down".


So glad I was able to sneak out of that theater room and into another movie that was going at the same time.

I tapped out 30 minutes in.
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really? i saw the lone ranger the other night(think that's it, with johnny depp). i left an hour after, it was horrible.

we passed up white house down for it. oh well.
 
The actors should pay taxes based on every state that they make their income from. Same goes for athletes, or people who work corporate for multi-state, multi-national businesses.

Movie revenues should be divided by per state, then if the actors compensation is based on a percentage of total revenues, the actor has their income per state. They should be paying taxes on each of their state incomes.

Executives of companies with locations in every state, same thing.

This basically puts an end to outrageous compensation and the world is suddenly fair.
 
Destiny said:
Well... they need to find a way to take money from the masses/general population with $9 movie tickets, give it all to one or a few perople (move stars)... who then blows it all on exotic fancy cars, shopping sprees, million dollar homes, hookers, drugs, and booze...
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You do realize that those are the type of millionaires that are good for society, right? Relatively speaking, at least. People have to build, maintain, and repair their cars/homes/plastic faces and stuff. Run their rehab centers. Pimp hos. You never heard of trickle-down pimponomics?

The people who truly do damage to society are the rich old men who just use their money to beat off with. They focus on making large cash withdrawals from the economy, but don't do deposits, other than the fifty cents they tip the valet at the local moldy-old-white-guy club.
 
why does anyone 'deserve' money for anything they do?

do you 'deserve' the money you earn? your employer, and the customers funding that enterprise seem to think so otherwise you wouldn't earn it. why shouldn't that logic extend to other people? this is a useless discussion to have in a free market.
 
I'm sure there are plenty of starving drama majors out there who could have done just as good a job if not better acting than the stars listed.

But once someone makes it famous, they are more of a "sure thing" to draw crowds, and the studios are more than happy to plunk down several million more knowing full well the ROI of just putting the words "Channing Tatum" on a movie poster. Millions of women will buy the ticket, regardless of how stupid or bad the movie is.
 
Of course they don't deserve such money, same thing goes for Olympic sportsmen, NHL players, golfers etc...

I think it's crazy how much are these people pay just for some sort of entertainment which is making people feel better only for a little while at its best. It's not solving any crisis, poverty issues, etc...
 
AreaCode707 said:
By what right does someone "deserve" money?
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Exactly. Money is a figment of our imagination - colored pieces of paper, and mostly digital bits representing our credit or cash. The only value that exists is the one that we give it when we all agree to use it. One of the most eye-opening classes I had in school was a small business class about people's views of money - what people thought stuff was worth vs. what the market can get for it. Most stuff is sold at ridiculous markups, especially from China, so the only worth is the value that people perceive.

One of the best lessons about careers I've learned is that the world will by and large pay you what they think you're worth. For me, college was a complete waste of time for my current career as an IT administrator. I learned a hundred times more from tinkering around on my own and from doing internships and getting my feet wet dealing with people, dealing with random problems, etc. But the magic piece of paper - the degree - is what gets you into the good jobs, so you have play the game if you want to win. To managers, people educated by college rather than by experience are more valuable and thus are more prone to get hired, even though that isn't the case - I'd say the majority of people I know who are experts are simply people who are interested in what they do and get good at it, regardless of their education status.
 
Printer Bandit said:
for this year:

Robert Downey Jr.: $75 million
Channing Tatum: $60 million
Hugh Jackman: $55 million
Mark Wahlberg: $52 million
Dwayne Johnson: $46 million
Leonardo DiCaprio: $39 million
Adam Sandler: $37 million
Tom Cruise: $35 million
Denzel Washington: $33 million
Liam Neeson: $32 million
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There's a really good documentary about the lesser-known, but still recognizable actors - not even the B-actors, I guess, but the C-actors, if you will - the regular support crew. It's called "That Guy who was in that Thing" and it's available on Netflix:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402200/

It's all about the guys who you see and you're like hey, I know that guy! He was in that one movie! But you don't really know who they are beyond facial recognition. I have a lot more respect for those guys after watching that documentary (it's really good btw, definitely worth a watch if you're into movie stuff) because they really struggle to be working actors.

The finances are the scariest part for me. You can get paid $10 or $20k a week, but you might only see 25% of that after the guild fees, agent fees, taxes, and so on. And you might not get a job every week, or even every month, or even every year, so you really have to stretch that money out. And then you're expected to live in or around LA so you can go to jobs, and be available whenever they need you for however long they need you for. It seems like a pretty rough life to me, I don't know how some of them do it after watching the show.
 
JoetheLion said:
Of course they don't deserve such money, same thing goes for Olympic sportsmen, NHL players, golfers etc...
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Golfers yes. Olympic sportsman, nhl? Not sure if serious. Not only is making the Olympics something that requires a lifetime of dedication you have to hit the genetic lottery as well. Like .00001% of the population rare. I'd say those guys deserve every cent.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
Golfers yes. Olympic sportsman, nhl? Not sure if serious. Not only is making the Olympics something that requires a lifetime of dedication you have to hit the genetic lottery as well. Like .00001% of the population rare. I'd say those guys deserve every cent.
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So basically if someone grows longest nails, hair, or cooks the largest omelette, he deserves a buttload of money? While some scientists who make stuff that is needed for our everyday life earn much less because, well, it's not so entertaining to look at, but it saves the time to watch the sports? I think that sports on the professional level are just overrated. Though in sport, (usually) the best sportsmen are paid really good. But when we look at music for example, the worst lot like Bieber, Kanye West, Nicky Minaj, Gaga etc... earn horrible amounts of money for being idiots producing crap...now this is just plainly wrong.
 
why do jackasses complain about how much actors/athletes/whoever gets paid? do they see $$$ and are overcome with jealousy?

1. the boss obviously thinks they're worth it
2. all those millions aren't coming out of your pocket
3. what is coming out of your pocket is entirely by your choice
 
Obviously it is fair if someone is willing to pay them such amounts of money. Unless you think that movie execs care nothing about money. If someone was just as good doing it at half the cost, they'd use that person instead.


Do you think it is fair to get paid what you are currently getting paid? Jobs are a market place, your pay is determined by your worth.
 
The Boston Dangler said:
why do jackasses complain about how much actors/athletes/whoever gets paid? do they see $$$ and are overcome with jealousy?

2. all those millions aren't coming out of your pocket
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Studio pays actors 25 million for a film and then add on all the other millions for the production, ads, etc.

Now the studio needs to make their money back so the blu-ray needs to be $21, movie tickets need to be $11, merchandising, etc. The more it costs them the more it costs us.
Same for any industry.

If films only cost 1,000,000 to make they could charge a lot less. Now more people can go to the movies or buy the DVD's/BluRays.
 
Absolution75 said:
Obviously it is fair if someone is willing to pay them such amounts of money. Unless you think that movie execs care nothing about money. If someone was just as good doing it at half the cost, they'd use that person instead.


Do you think it is fair to get paid what you are currently getting paid? Jobs are a market place, your pay is determined by your worth.
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This might be the most naive forum on earth.

You've forgotten the "information" side of market theory.
 
MustISO said:
Studio pays actors 25 million for a film and then add on all the other millions for the production, ads, etc.

Now the studio needs to make their money back so the blu-ray needs to be $21, movie tickets need to be $11, merchandising, etc. The more it costs them the more it costs us.
Same for any industry.

If films only cost 1,000,000 to make they could charge a lot less. Now more people can go to the movies or buy the DVD's/BluRays.
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how much did titanic make? not 1 penny came from me.

if they could make a movie for $1M, the price for consumers would be exactly the same. why the hell would they cut the sale price, to drive demand? the demand is already there at super inflated price points. only an idiot would sell for less.
 
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