Imagine knowing what you were born to do since grade school and then being told that in order to do this amazing thing, you needed to be less…you?
Michael Kearns, widely regarded as the first actor in Hollywood to come out as openly gay, moved to Los Angeles in 1970 and refused to hide his sexual preference in order to get the parts that he wanted.
But what would you do if casting director after casting director instructed you to be “harder” or to “Butch it up”? Would you set aside your authenticity in order to book the role? Or would you refuse to compromise your integrity and simply be yourself?
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