I’m a stage actor based in Chicago. I’ve been a working actor for ten years. I have been very lucky in my career in many ways. I have worked with and for incredible people. I have also heard this:

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-“You really need to lose some weight if you want a career.”

-“You won’t work until you’re forty, because you’re never going to play the love interest, but after that you’ll work a lot.”

-“You would need to lose twenty pounds for the role.”

-“You’re not believable as a love interest.”

-“You should really wear more makeup, and show your cleavage more.”

-“We can work with your body type, but if you are serious about this career you need to have your nose and teeth fixed.”

-“You don’t have a commercial body type.”

-“They told us you were smaller.”

-“I mean, you’re good-looking, but you’re not beautiful.

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