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Comment on Acting Class is a Waste of Time by REVIEW: Margie Haber Cold Reading Classes « Eitan the Actor Bio

REVIEW: Margie Haber Cold Reading Classes « Eitan the Actor Bio — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:11:03 +0000

[...] she is usually one of the first ones mentioned. Now, I’ve said this before but I think most acting classes are a waste of time. In a future review I’ll have some nice things to say about The Groundlings but for now [...]

Comment on Age Discrimination in Hollywood -or- You Do Not Look 17 by Eitan

Eitan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:31:58 +0000

People love to say, “you’re the first choice” but that doesn’t always mean it’s true. If they’re shaky on hiring you they’ll look for excuses not to. “He’s got the same hair color as our lead, she looks like a guest star we had on last week.” Age is just another reason people can give to back out of why someone wasn’t their choice. In your case you obviously the best choice for the part (congrats, by the way) at the end of the day even though some people needed to be convinced. If they were checking your IMDb page for your age they weren’t so sure in the first place. If they were sure, they would have hired you at the outset and not cost themselves more money bringing you in two more times.

I’d imagine most gay actors aren’t “out” because there are millions of people in this country and around the world who would discriminate against them either personally or professionally. In LA proper there are lots of people who know the “secret sexuality” of lots of these stars yet they continue to get hired by those exact same people because it’s perception that matters, not the reality.

And it’s true that a lot of people’s “true age” is posted when they get that first hit but how would that explain the people who keep getting hired over and over to play younger roles even though we know their age. Those parts are specifically cast with people over 18 for legal working reasons.

Comment on Age Discrimination in Hollywood -or- You Do Not Look 17 by tacoma007

tacoma007 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:20:51 +0000

and p.s. most actors ages aren’t posted until AFTER they’ve already been cast, and their show/movie has aired, and some random from back home decides to post their birthday.

Comment on Age Discrimination in Hollywood -or- You Do Not Look 17 by tacoma007

tacoma007 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:13:16 +0000

actually, you are wrong. i can speak from my own personal experience from when i was recently cast as a 17 year old. during the first few rounds of the casting process, i was everyone’s top pick, cd loved me, producers loved me, studio and network loved me, that should have been the extent of it right? wrong…then, someone checked imdb, saw my real age, and they suddenly weren’t so sure. they had me come in 2 more times before i finally got the part. it is human nature to cast judgement, why do you think gay actors usually don’t reveal their true sexual orientation? …because its a little harder for the human brain to believe that the male romantic lead of a movie, actually likes boys. I’m not saying it’s right, or that every person thinks this way, but it is a fact whether you want to believe it or not. we subconsciously judge people based on all kinds of criteria…skin color, height, weight, sexual orientation, AGE…. now, whether imdb has the right to publish this information or not is another discussion, i have no problem stating the obvious, hair color, eye color, height and weight even…i personally don’t think they should post our age, because our actual age has nothing to do with the age we look. and again, once our little human brains know something, such as age, well it’s a little harder to imagine that 27 year old playing 17. and that small difference is sometimes all it takes to lose a job in this competitive industry. did you know that when your casting tape is sent to producers, there is a little box that pops up next to your audition, guess what it is? your imdb page. having your age posted on imdb is a huge discrimination problem, and something must be done.

Comment on Age Discrimination in Hollywood -or- You Do Not Look 17 by You Don’t Want Feedback on Your Audition « Eitan the Actor Bio

You Don’t Want Feedback on Your Audition « Eitan the Actor Bio — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:21:04 +0000

[...] role and someone decide to cut the role out or someone else was simply better for the role (sound familiar?). Yes, being a cousin of the producer counts as “better for the role.” Why? [...]

Comment on How to Write an Actor Bio by Hannah Morgan

Hannah Morgan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:37:09 +0000

You ROCK, Eitan! This has been so helpful. I was thinking how lame to toot my own horn, and in third person. “look at me, I’m sooo cool!” I am confident, now reading this that I can write a totally rockin’ bio.

Thanks, yo!

Hannah Morgan

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Miri Hunter — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:45:36 +0000

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Daisy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:16:32 +0000

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Comment on Are You a Bad Actor? by Roseanne Auran

Roseanne Auran — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:37:41 +0000

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LarryXA — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:53:44 +0000

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