i work as an extra for major motion pictures.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking or nonsinging (silent) capacity, usually in the background (for example, in an audience or busy street scene). War films and epic films often employ background actors in large numbers: some films have featured hundreds or even thousands of paid background actors as cast members (hence the term \"cast of thousands\"). Likewise, grand opera can involve many background actors appearing in spectacular productions. On a film or TV set, background actors are usually referred to as \"background talent\", \"background performers\", \"background artists\", \"background cast members\" or simply \"background\", while the term \"extra\" is rarely used. In a stage production, background actors are commonly referred to as \"supernumeraries\". In opera and ballet, they are called either \"extras\" or \"supers\". Casting criteria for background actors depend on the production. It has been said that background cast members often require little or no acting experience. This is not entirely true, as any type of unrealistic portrayal must include some form of imagination and acting.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have never been able to act. Have you ever done extra acting on the side?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have not.  Though I'd aspire to be the next Marlon Brando, one of the greats, I'm afraid I'd never be able to reach that status."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hey I'd like to be Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen, but I don't think I've got that acting range in me yet."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The great Dorothy Dandridge!  Not only was she a great actress but she was a talented vocalist as well!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes she was as well as Lena Horne. I miss the older generation of actors."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Me too.  It's a shame what happened to Lena Horne due to her political activism.  I wonder how her career would look if she had been an actress in our current political climate?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It would've been awesome. We would have had strong leadership."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Do you think that strong leadership from Hollywood might be beneficial in today's world?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Absolutely. So many people lives are affected through the characters and lives they live before us everyday. They are already to me a major affect on society today."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree with the sentiment.  What actor or actresses character do you feel has had the biggest effect on you or society?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Sydney Potier"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sydney Potier is one of my mom's favorites!  What's your favorite character played by Sydney?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Guess who's coming to dinner"}]