You’re welcome:)

That’s so true. TV is better than ever for all sizes and ages these days. And thank you.

That is wonderful for you. Happy birthday too.

Definitely do it! I’ve got a birthday next weekend (47),and if you told me 5 years ago I’d be working with major stars as an extra,or even an adjacent to a main character (I’m talking Jake Gyllenhaal,Steve Carrell,Vin Diesel,Channing Tatum or Toni Braxton),I’d say you were crazy,let alone the fact that I didn’t have…

Go for it! Shows and movies have characters of all ages they have to cast. Congrats on retiring and good luck in your next career :)

Thank you for the encouragement! It helps. :)

If you live in LA or an area with a lot of filming, you could try starting as an extra. I know someone who launched an acting career after retirement that way. He makes good money off minor parts and enjoys the work.

Do it!! Take a class, get some headshots, submit yourself for short films, build a reel. It will help if you’re in a major city like NY or LA but many smaller cities have thriving film and TV industries.

Thank you. :)

A friend of mine started acting very recently. She is in her forties and can play older and younger. She’s beautiful but fits minor parts. She does “Greys Anatomy” a lot as an extra. I say go for it!

Lol.

You have no idea how much I needed this. I hit 50 this year and a dream I let go of a while back was to be an actor. I was good at it, but I was also very pretty back in the day, and couldn’t handle the sexism and slimy men I encountered. I had no real support sustem or finances to continue either. But most of all, I…

It’s almost like sexism is a societal problem!

The racist comments on this story are weird. Like...abuse of women and children is something that men of all races and religions seem pretty enthusiastic about. So claiming his Muslim name or the fact that Jezebel didn’t show his picture (when of course, every link they provide takes you right to his face) is some…

Usually about...now:

I’m going to be generous and say that sometimes you raise your kids to the best of your ability and they still end up assholes.

We’ve been watching BBC shows recently, and the proportionate lack of “beautiful people” and young people is striking. In many cases, the actors look like real people and relationships are age-appropriate. Is this ageism less a problem overseas?

My big issue is, I don’t wanna criticize Islam because I don’t want to be branded as an “Islamaphobe,” even tho there’s clearly some misogynistic stuff at work there.