re: 5 Things you should never say to a horse girl

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Dad was offered box seats for me this year

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I have been wondering about this lately.

Do corporations just raise the prices by paying the bigger bucks but then don't go?

I hear stories like this a lot, just wish I knew how to get on that gravy train.

I have been to a few, but one of the first was the back of the trailer as I was the farm groom and the horse was calmer with me there so I got to go. Had a neck tag but was limited in where I could go. Since I mostly wanted to be in the barn area it worked for me. :)




Same happened on a few movies I worked on. Got hired on one horse picture then kept getting work on others. I was the "living" wallpaper but I was mostly happy to be in the background and spent most of the time with the folks who were there to offer advice because they were around for the factual event.

I learned an unintended secret tho. I you want to be in the movie, don't try. They often seemed to "flip" shots and it occurred to me the "ham" extras were trying to hard so they flipped to drop them and pick up the less active folks. Also, if you notice an extra's outfit that is nicer, it is probably not an accident.

On one film this guys suit was too nice to be an extra and he turned out to be the executive producer. On another this woman had a hat and shoes that were much nicer than the other extra's. She turned out to be the sister of the screenwriter.

After the 4th or 5th movie I asked how they knew to call me. Seems the first one I worked on was just supposed to be a day's work but went to several weeks. The extras were getting 3am calls so the "talent" could sleep later. As I was an old barn rat that early call was my normal wake up time. Seems most of the rest were not early risers and got canned after a day or two.

Are you concerned that you'll never find a man with a dick as big your horses?