I’m not sure that there are that many more opportunities for actors now than there were 5 or 10 or 15 years ago. I think if you look at the employment figures for Equity or SAG members, they are always pretty depressing and I don’t think those have changed to any definitive degree. When 90% of actors are unemployed in any given week, that is, or should be, daunting.
I believe that it was emsdad who posted some interesting stats on this a few years ago. I thought I had the thread bookmarked but can’t seem to find it now. Perhaps a search would find it. 