# I know... "they gotta pay their bills..."

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 24, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-they-gotta-pay-their-bills/780659 "2017-02-24T19:42:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-they-gotta-pay-their-bills/780659/1 "2017-02-24T19:42:46Z")

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But I’m still disappointed when I see Jeff Goldblum shilling for [Apartment.com](http://Apartment.com).

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-they-gotta-pay-their-bills/780659/2 "2017-02-24T20:08:30Z")

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From _30 Rock_:

Tracy Jordan (playred by Tracy Morgan) is discussing his strategy to get an EGOT (i.e. win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) with EGOT-achiever Whoopi Goldberg.

Whoopi Goldberg: You cannot fake your way to an EGOT, fool. You know, all these awards I got, I got for projects I believed in.

Tracy: Wait, is that a _Daytime_ Emmy?

Whoopi Goldberg: It still counts. Girl’s gotta eat.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-they-gotta-pay-their-bills/780659/3 "2017-02-24T23:17:04Z")

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I am sad to see once young rising stars now on Hallmark movies. Amy Smart and Adrien Grenier, I’m looking at you.

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-they-gotta-pay-their-bills/780659/4 "2017-02-25T00:48:13Z")

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As Michael Caine said about being in _Jaws 4_:

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> I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-they-gotta-pay-their-bills/780659/5 "2017-02-25T14:31:35Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> I am sad to see once young rising stars now on Hallmark movies. Amy Smart and Adrien Grenier, I’m looking at you.

This used to be just a thing that happened to some actors when their careers stalled.

But you now have Netflix, Amazon and a bunch of others all making _tons_ of shows. Just an amazing number of opportunities out there now with much higher visibility and stature.

It really has to be a just doing it for the money thing. Spend a few weeks doing a Hallmark thing. Collect the check. Take a nice vacation. Lather, rinse, repeat.