What's an Actor Supposed to Do?

What's an Actor Supposed to Do?
Posted by Tim W. on July 09, 2002 at 20:21:37: Previous Next

I'm going to college in August, and one of the things I'm studying is theater. I want to go into acting after I graduate. However, I have one problem, and you know what it is: long hair.

While most longhairs would be typecasted as drugatics, bums, or dudes who just like to beat the crap out of people, I probably wouldn't land roles even as small as these. Now, I'm not bragging, but I've been told I've been good-looking, which is nice, but I've also been told by the same people (friends, family members) that I look young and very...well...un-mean. Can you imagine Taylor Hanson getting a role in a movie? Nope. He wouldn't even get a role as a measly biker or metalhead cause he doesn't even look that tough.

So basically, it boils down to these questions:

1.) What's the longest hair I could have to land serious or important roles?

2.) Is there any type of long hairstyle that movie people accept on males?

3.) Assuming I were to grow my hair out to the middle of my back, what kind of roles do you think I would get, if any?

4.) Anyone have any hair suggestions for an aspiring actor?

5.) Am I just making a big deal out of nothing?

Thanks again for listening to my confusion, complaining, and downright cluelessness. I'm beginning to think I'm sounding like an annoying little kid who bothers people on this hyperboard, so my apologies for that. If there's anyone out there who works in the entertainment industry, your help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!


Tim W.


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