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Extras can meet celebrities!
It's not what can you do for acting jobs, it's what can acting jobs do for you.
In recent days, so far as screen drama portrays life there is a need for all types of people: characters and neutral anonymous faces, old and young, smart and scruffy. In fact, everyone you might ever meet has a place as an extra.
"Extras" is about an out-of-work actor (Gervais) who struggles for work when he keeps losing his parts to stars like DeNiro. However, he insists that they're "just lucky".
Andy Millman has given up his day job to be an actor, but finds he just can't land the big parts. In fact, he's never even had a speaking role, so spends much of his time hanging around on set with fellow extra and best friend, Maggie Jacobs. Andy envies the A-list stars, but never misses an opportunity to ingratiate himself with them, hoping it will lead to that first elusive line of dialogue.
If you want to be extras, you do need to be able to drop everything and take work when it is offered (this is not usually a full time occupation). You must get yourself to a studio or location with less than 12 hours to plan (locations can be remote from public transport) and be ready to get up at 6am or earlier to make whatever time you are asked to be on set.
Most people who want to be extras have such questions “Do we need to have training classes”. But you must be ready to follow instructions and unselfconsciously get on with whatever is required in as natural a manner as possible. It is obvious to say that you never look at the camera or attract attention to yourself without direction. The most difficult thing you will possibly be asked to do is to mime a conversation, ie, pretend you are talking to someone without making any noise, so that the principal actors will be heard.
