That would be the sound of my head hitting my desk. Excuse me, but I’m just going to bitch for a bit. I can really hate clothing shops sometimes. Why? Because while I can get into small sizes with tops and I’m okay with dresses, I have big hips and big legs. Which is going to make it more difficult for me to get into acting, but you get that. I was thinking of getting in through other doors first. I don’t know. I just… I don’t know what I want to do with my life. The things I want to do are so unlikely, I’m probably going to be forever screwed if I go with any of them.
{December 18, 2008} Thump Thump Thump
If you have a (self-perceived) problem with yourself, ham it out and carve thy self a niche. Example, what movies has Maggie Smith been in in the past 20 years where she hasn’t been a stern old woman? Or Rowan Atkinson, in his own words, ‘made having a funny face profitable’. One of the Asian actors from Heroes said that it was interesting being an Asian actor in the west because there aren’t as many Asian actors, so you can play either general characters that could be Asian or whatever, as well as playing must-be-Asian characters. Even Patrick Stewart, in his earlier days, did two auditions for a play he wanted to get into – one with a wig and one without, selling himself as ‘two actors for the price of one’.
Point is, don’t be afraid to play it up.
So basically, you’re telling me I should be the not-as-attractive best friend?
Brutal, but accurate. If nothing else, it’s your foot in the door. Better some good work as the not-as-attractive best friend than no work because you don’t think you’d get the other parts and thus don’t try. Once you’re in, you work up, don’t try to hit the door running.