 Or you could go to Canada and you get paid a million dollars. So the question is for an actor, do you want to move away from your family for three months and make $500,000 more? Or are you happy to stay in California and work for less? And a lot of filmmakers are finding that for actors, directors, they are able to stay local because actors and directors want to be close to their families. But again, if you are making the decision about whether or not you're going to film in L.A. versus you're going to film in other parts of the country,