SAG Quiz Test your knowledge of the most powerful screen actor's union... Those who join SAG are guaranteed acting jobs? False: Actors who join SAG have virtually the same work demands as all other actors and performers.

Work is not handed out on a silver platter. SAG actors, like non-union actors, must work diligently to get roles and auditions.

Most SAG members earn less than $7,500 per year from SAG jobs? 

True: The myth for young (naïve) aspiring actors is that coming to Hollywood, and especially joining SAG, guarantees them instant fame and a big million dollar movie deal. However, many SAG actors starve just like non-union actors.  

   The common perception about SAG is that its card carrying members are handed huge roles and lots of wealth. What most fail to realize is that SAG is NOT an employer, but usually only works to keep the actor’s employer from dishing out unfair treatment to its members.

The only way I can join SAG is to get SAG work? 

False: One common perception repeated incessantly by actors over and over again is that the only way one can get into SAG is to get a role from a SAG signatory. Wrong! There is a “backdoor” approach to getting into SAG. One can join an affiliated association, such as AFTRA or Actor’s Equity Association, complete a full year of membership and, after obtaining a principle role for the affiliated association, can join SAG.


 A SAG actor can only do a SAG job? 

True: The only work for an actor who joins SAG is SAG affiliated. Actors are not permitted to join a production that is not a signatory of SAG.
 

From SAG:

“No SAG member shall work as an actor or make an agreement to do work as an actor for any producer who has not executed a basic minimum agreement with the Guild which is in full force and effect.”