As well as being debonair, a good conversationalist, devastatingly handsome, impossibly rich and a damned good liar I am, to all intents and purposes, an actor. Which is to say that even on the very slight off-chance that I am not as described, I can make a very convincing show.
That is, after all, why I'm here.
What I am not so much here for is to be "me". Of course, many a good casting, like many a good first novel, delves into the actor's personal repertoire, their accent, their mannerisms, and of course their physique, but you play a part to be convincing as that character, not to have your audience say such-and-such was amazing as so-and-so - at least not emotionally - unless you're such-and-such's cat.
Why oh why oh why erm... ah yes, oh why, then are there adverts on an acting site for real this or real that? Unless that is the basis for character casting, which is legitimate, shouldn't such appeals be better made through journalistic channels, given that journalism seems to be about the only other possible reason why you would need a real whatever, and then only ridicule them?
Personally, I want to maintain at least a modicum of privacy. True, I'll give my all to a part, even going beyond the veil of public decency if the role demands it, but then I like to keep the audience guessing which is real and which is an act. Just like life, really.
