Hey all..

Just wondering if it is necessary to put information such as height, weight, etc on your resume when submitting to agencies? My weight is quickly changing, as I have been dieting and working out. And what else might they be looking for?

Thanks! This is my first mailing...

Height:
Weight:
Hair:
Eyes:

In that order. DO NOT list age or "age range."

If weight is an issue, list your AVERAGE weight.

Good advice. When casting, I need to see how tall someone is because, unfortunately, type is important.

In this day and age where color is recommended (highly), you won't have to include your hair and eye color, because it will be obvious!

Hey guys! Thanks a bunch - can't weight be seen from a picture? I really don't want to list my weight. Its kind of a touchy subject for me, and I feel like I will lose prospective deals over it. I am losing a few pounds a week, and I am rather muscular - so I weigh more than I appear...

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Originally posted by BellaVoce188:
Hey guys! Thanks a bunch - can't weight be seen from a picture? I really don't want to list my weight. Its kind of a touchy subject for me, and I feel like I will lose prospective deals over it.

Uh, no. Some of us, like myself, store fat in our cheeks, like a chipmunk.

When you're brought in for an audition, they're going to see you unretouched, so why stress about it?

Don't think you're the only actor who feels like that. We all have to learn to be comfortable in our own bodies.

I remember photographing a woman 6'3" tall and 285 lbs. She wanted me to only shoot her above the shoulders to hide her size. Her face was like Elizabeth Taylor's but her girth bellied the truth, and the truth was I knew that eventually she would have to walk through a CD's door with her headshot... ALL of her. I turned down the job.

It's far better in my view for the casting people to know exactly what you look like before you ever come in, saving both you and your agent the hardship of giving you the "bad news" when you arrive. Try embracing youself and loving yourself EXACTLY THE WAY YOU ARE.

That's good enough.

Robert Kim Photography's advice is correct. Your weight is your weight--own it, and own your own image. Casting people are looking for accuracy on this one. I just heard a producer complaining the other day that some of the women she was seeing for a role had misleading headshots and weighed more than the character should. She would not have called them in had she known their actual stats. You might think those actors were right to omit or lie about their weight, but in actuality, they just created more work for themselves and the producer. They wasted time. Spend that time looking for other auditions where your traits will pay off.

If you are losing weight, you can EASILY change your resume to reflect that as you go. And of course you don't have to list your weight to the ounce. You can be within 10 pounds or so.
Besides, you'll have to fill out a size card at many auditions anyway, and you absolutely should NOT lie on those. Those are for the wardrobe dept. and the last thing you want is to show up at your fitting and find that all the clothes they have for you to try on are too small.

If you absolutely cannot bring yourself to list your weight, know that many CDs will know it was omitted on purpose. The
Height:
Weight:
list is standard.

Remember, it's just a number! Try not to worry about it too much.

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Originally posted by RonBrown:

In this day and age where color is recommended (highly), you won't have to include your hair and eye color, because it will be obvious!

A good point. Can we save a little ink if we do look like our headshot? Particularly if we're oh, say, an un-highlighted/dyed Asian with chipmunk cheeks?

Thanks again for all of your help! Its not that I don't like my size - I am a dress size 7, and I am really only going to be losing maybe 15 pounds and drop a dress size by the time I am at my optimum weight. i love myself the way I am, its just that I am new to certain aspects of this business, and I have gotten the impression that everyone scrutinizes over every little pound and if you're not a size 3 - well then you're in real trouble. Maybe I am totally mistaken though???

Thing is: I look exactly like my headshots (I made sure of this - because I know enough that a misleading headshot is the biggest no-no in this business), and the headshots I use show more than just my face, so you can kind of see my body type. AND I only asked for minimal retouching (blemishes and such). I guess its people like that woman Robert Kim was describing that make CDs doubt our headshots. Don't people realize that by having a misleading headshot they are only doing themselves a disservice by missing out on the roles that would have suited them?