When should it be obvious that your acting career is pretty much over?

[LostInAnomie]

[Brigid]

1. I voted for SyFy.

At least the others have a little potential to be made interesting. Not much to work with here.

[fNord]

3. Hey, Lu Diamond Phillips has made a career out of Scifi/SyFy originals.

:cry:

[enigmatic]

2. Being reduced to a bit-player in a Kirk Cameron "Left Behind" film

:D

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Ouch! I think that may be the winner right there.

[GaYellowDawg]

47. Brrr. That gave me chills.

I tried 5 different times below to be that devastatingly funny, and failed. :toast: and :fistbump: and :applause: to you.

[MajorChode]

4. When you're making a commercial for thighmaster

And if that doesn't do it, when you're having butt implants installed so you can do the follow up buttmaster commercials.

[KG]

5. when you're a participant on 'dancing with the stars'.

[NJmaverick]

52. That works

[hobbit709]

6. When you appear on a "celebrity" reality show.

[LostInAnomie]

20. I thought of that one after it was too late to edit.

If you have to be in a show with celebrity in the title for anyone to actually know who you are, your career is pretty much done.

[WildEyedLiberal]

23. Agreed

[sarge43]

7. When you get a two minute guest shot in a crap remake of the one worthwhile movie

you ever starred in.

Extra points if you file for bankruptcy or get arrested for dumpster diving.

[cleveramerican]

8. when you become a REALITY TV star

[SalmonChantedEvening]

9. When you can't even get work as an extra in a crowd scene.

[rug]

10. When you emcee a tribute to Aldo Ray.

[peekaloo]

11. when your cue is

"fluffer to the set".

[Danger Mouse]

12. When even reality shows won't take you.

[begin_within]

13. When you've won an Oscar but then take a "singing" part in "Mamma Mia!"

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. ouch

[kid a]

17. +1

[Bertha Venation]

30. Hey! That's not nice!

She has TWO Oscars! ;)

[PVnRT]

33. Sick burn

[Mythsaje]

39. Yeah, because no one would want the lead role

in the best selling movie in the U.K. ever.

I mean, BURN.

[Moondog]

15. When you're the pitchperson in a denture cream or hemorrhoid ointment commercial.

[Orsino]

16. Hallmark.

It doesn't get much more pathetic.

[kid a]

18. if your name is Stephen Baldwin

[proteus_lives]

24. The omega-Baldwin.

[rrneck]

19. When you're second banana

to a piece of equipment.

[jmm]

21. When you're in an ad for a drug that's side effects include changing your eye color (n/t)

[cloudbase]

22. When your agent calls you about a really great gig in

Branson.

[struggle4progress]

25. When your best gig is to lead the Daylight Savings Time Parade at a small town that's trying

to become a tourism center, despite having nothing of interest but a Waffle House and

[Deep13]

26. After the forth load of dishes you wash at the restaurant. nt

[Initech]

27. When you star in lame Disney live-action straight to video flicks

See: Tim Allen in "Zoom"

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. When you're shilling for life insurance for the elderly, or bathtubs with doors

[MineralMan]

31. When you have to audition for a dinner theater gig...

[Richardo]

32. Diabeetus!

Eat your damn oatmeal.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

34. When you go from making $1 million per episode on your sitcom to making monkey baseball movies

[KamaAina]

35. When your costar is Ted McGinley

:P

[Gidney N Cloyd]

36. When you try to convince the Enquirer that you took the security guard job as...

...research for an acting role.

[old mark]

37. Other: When you are doing really cheap shitty commercials for really cheap shitty

products and looking forward to the next one.


mark

[Mythsaje]

38. When you have to join a "celebrity" "reality" show

just to have someone go, "hey, I remember that person. I thought s/he was dead."

[blogslut]

40. Never

The older you get, the better chances you'll be cast in old people parts. The young ones leave or burn out along the way. There's not that many older actors and there's always the possibility you'll get that part of a lifetime towards the end.

[Broken_Hero]

41. When you are in those

"Got any old gold laying around, well we at Gold Exchange got a deal for you!" type of commercials.

[GaYellowDawg]

42. When you're in a roast on Comedy Central with Lisa Lampanelli and Carrot Top.

...

[GaYellowDawg]

43. When you've got a celebrity bit part in an Adam Sandler movie.

...

[GaYellowDawg]

44. When someone mentions you and Flavor Flav in the same news segment.

...

[GaYellowDawg]

45. When you appear on a "I love the [decade]" VH1 show with Hal Sparks.

...

[GaYellowDawg]

46. When you gain weight on purpose to get on "Celebrity Fit Club."

...

[GaYellowDawg]

48. When Andy Dick calls your agent for your number, and she gives it to him.

...

[XemaSab]

49. When you go to dial yourself up on IMDB

and get a 404.

[old mark]

50. When you find yourself referred to as a

John Saxon wannabe......


mark

[PassingFair]

51. One word: Bibleman.