It's all about the look or talent?!

I've commented on threads like this before and I'm actually quite disturbed by this. I have a friend who is short dark haired and generously proportioned. She always gets maids while tall willowy blondes get the leads. She is a brilliant actress and when working with me gets good roles. I recently saw the role of Christine in The Dolls House played very well by a young woman of Korean ethnicity. I don not believe that we need to be quite so fixated on physical and racial type. OK there will always be roles you will be completely unsuitable for and that is something you must accept but the first reason for that unsuitability should not be race. Physical type can be a bugger. I've sat there before now twisted up inside because the best actor who auditioned for the role was simply too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too pretty , etc etc etc to be acceptable to the larger proportion of the audience. If someone is going to be greeted with laughter and it's not a comedy you can't cast them. Good luck Andie Jo keep going an eventually you will find a director who will cast you. Is that all there is? Well if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing. www.tonymoore.id.au