I lived in LA in the 90s I worked on the fringes of the industry, but my company printed a lot of movie posters, so I saw a lot of folks when delivering proofs and such at different lots and offices.
On Jared Padalecki's IMDB it says "While filming season two, Jared Padalecki , broke his wrist after performing one of the stunts on the show." - The truth is they got into a bar fight the night before filming and Jared broke his wrist. That guy had a real chip on his shoulder and fancied himself some kind of fighter bro - The rumor is they started it and Jared ended up getting hurt.
EDIT: Oh! There was also this casting session where a woman aggressively propositioned the director. First, she changed clothes in front of the 6 people in the room instead of behind some screens. We're talking stripped down to nothing to put on something that she brought to look more business like for the role. It wasn't required but it was awesome. Then, in the middle of a line read she stopped and asked the director if he'd rather see her work in private. Awkward.
So I got asked to come out on the reshoots of a ultra-low budget horror feature. It was a minimum wage/illegal rate, but I hadn't worked in a long time so I went out for it. The bad signs quickly started to pile up. The executive producer was also the director was also the lead actress, and in my few interactions with her she flaunted her position and was generally a b***h. The Key Grip had already basically checked out. "It was a s**tshow then and it's a s**tshow now.
I've share this story here before under a throwaway, but I guess I can share it under another throwaway again. Throwaways because although I don't mind it as much now, it is not something I would admit to in real life, honestly. You would be surprised how many people in the industry use reddit :) Ultimately though, the same thing worked as a sort of motivating factor. I knew that I couldn't go long like this, so I had to change. Started working out, went on a very drastic diet, and was down to 200 lb by the end of the next year. The absolute best thing about the change? Finally feeling wanted. Feeling that people actually like being near you and want to work with you.
Turns out the actual producers and directors of projects don't take to kindly to some guy parading around claiming responsibility for their movie. He was basically blacklisted from the industry, which is why he's making his bootleg youtube videos. His methods haven't changed at all. We all loved the Power Rangers short. What no one knows is that it was 100% paid for with the Director's own money. Over $100k.
The sets are unsafe. People get hurt a lot and there are constant OSHA and turn-around violations, but nobody changes anything because the crew won't report it. Oh, also had an actor lift his oversized shirt over his head in front of me and forget he didn't have any clothing on underneath. I understood why the ladies talked about him all the time after that.I work as a Post Coordinator on a network TV show.
I work in development. The thing that continually surprises me is that it is almost impossible to cast any person of colour as a lead unless it is directly and almost exclusively targeted towards a specific racial audience e.g. it's ok to cast a black man as the lead in a Tyler Perry movie, but not as the lead of a wide-release, all audience film. The rationale behind this I've heard repeated by many producers, sales agents etc. is that these movies "don't sell well.
Have your script looked over by a professional script-reader. Get notes back on your script, like you would receive from a studio or executive. Polish your script, so it is a green-lightable script before you submit it. $150 for professional script reviewing. You should be an overnight success, for $1500 I can show you how to fix the one thing that is holding that up.