A New York casting director, who shall remain nameless, once said to me, 'Marcia, you have what I call the flaring-nostril look, and until you get something done about it, you will never, ever work.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognises because of a nose job.
Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.
I famously had a huge television producer say to me one time, 'Can you please stop doing that to your face? It's very distracting and unattractive.' And I was like, 'You mean move it? Okay, sorry, I guess we're not going to work together.'
It's something that I think I'm going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me seriously as an actor as opposed to a good-looking guy. It's not what I want to be known as.
I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.
In a way, I don't want to know what's being said in casting offices, because it can get pretty brutal, and I don't want to have to think about the reasons why I don't get one job or do get one job.
Casting directors don't necessarily want a more recognizable commercial face. Sometimes, they want a lesser known person.
I have never been one of those actors who say, 'Oh, my character wouldn't do this,' or 'My character never wears an orange shirt,' or any of the number of inane things I've heard on movie sets throughout my career.
When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am and take the written word and make it honest.
Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'
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