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As was mentioned, the 70 $200k+ Equity actors may point toward the elephant in the MT room, which is that in this era most highly paid MT actors primarily earn fame and fortune in film and TV. Let’s face it… $1.5k per week is only $78k.</p>
<p>I know even less about breaking in to film and TV than about MT, but I suspect extreme beauty and connections may play an even larger role in that world.</p>
<p>I do remember reading in the Nice Work Playbill that Matthew Broderick said he still has a hard time getting cast on Broadway, so apparently even fame doesn’t guarantee steady MT work. </p>