@filmacting111: Sheryl Lee Ralph, the Emmy and Tony-honored star of Abbott Elementary and the original Dreamgirls, tells the SAG-AFTRA Foundation that the industry runs on relationships. She says it is about who knows you, likes you and remembers you, and who will put their money on you. She recounts getting her Equity card because a teacher from her time around the Negro Ensemble Company cast her in a production of First Breeze of Summer. Ralph frames connections as the real currency of a career, more than any single audition. The full career retrospective is part of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations series. Follow @occupyacting #acting #SherylLeeRalph #Dreamgirls #SAGAFTRA #actorslife

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