An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- She contrasts the human need for recognition with the industry's view of actors as profit generators.
- In plain terms
- Actors are people, but studios treat them as money-making tools.
- What can you take from it?
- Artistic value often conflicts with commercial demands.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should creative labor be valued?
- Where is the line between business and art?
Another view
Not all productions treat actors purely as financial assets.
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