If it were a single crystal it would be the worldâs. largest by a considerable margin. Incidentally, if you want to buy large crystals for your basement, a dealer at. the last Tucson Mineral show had a 17,600 lb. quartz crystal for sale for only. 2Â½ cents per carat.
That's more than most of the below-the-line talent featured in this story and twice as much as the average actor, who earns $52,000, according to SAG-AFRTA. But most animals work for peanuts: The day rate for a dog or cat in Hollywood is $400, with most earning $5,000 to $10,000 a year.
For commercials airing for 13 weeks, actors receive a total of $1,662 in residual income. According to talent agent Bill Naoum, a union-sanctioned national commercial can earn actors as much as $150,000 as actors are paid every time the commercial airs.or wild spots (commercials on individual stations within a city) actors are paid based on units. SAG rates are currently $592 for the first unit in a city, $20.27 for the next 24 units, and $7.52 for the next 100 units.