Extra

You don't necessarily need movie experience — or any acting ability — to be an extra in a film. Sometimes all you need is the right look at the right time — whether that means being a Latin woman in your 30s or a trombone-playing man in your 20s.

On average, extras make $112 (nonunion)/$130 (union members) for an eight-hour shoot.

At right, people in line at a casting call at Boston University for mental patient extras in the Martin Scorsese movie, "Ashecliffe" .

• Check out advice from an experienced extra about breaking into the business.