Casting plus size girls needs to be genuine.Tess HollidayTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“Casting plus size girls needs to be genuine.
“You can start with daily affirmations of love to yourself, like, 'I am worthy,' 'I am beautiful,' and 'I am loved.'”Tess HollidayDaily
“A well known director wouldn't take the chance on casting me for an American role after he discovered that I was English. Some time later, he expressed his regret that he hadn't taken the chance with me.”Marsha ThomasonCasting
“It's always a good idea to go up for the male roles. You go up against a bunch of beefy guys, and the casting director then feels smart for taking you on, like he's the one who thought outside the box.”Jane LynchCasting
“Going on stage seemed like an awful thing for me. But then, I went to a theater major in high school. I really loved it, but it was more of a hobby, not something like that. Then, a casting director approached me on Facebook, actually.”
“Designers still won't dress me, and if they do, they will send a dress that doesn't fit me because it's the only sample that they have in their office that we can get to in time, and then it's hard because I don't want to support certain brands that I don't feel like are diverse in their messaging.”Tess HollidayBrands
“In the beginning I used to say, 'I'm healthy, my cholesterol's fine, I don't have high blood pressure, I don't have diabetes.' By telling people that you see a doctor, and telling people that you're healthy, it's perpetuating the abuse against bigger bodies and the mindset that we owe it to people to be healthy.”Tess HollidayAbuse
“Why is it controversial to talk about the fact that fat people deserve to take up space and deserve to be sexy?”Tess HollidayControversy
“If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasn't true with any of the casting people I knew.”Catherine KeenerCasting
“I don't know how much of the 'casting couch' exists in the industry, as I've not seen it myself. I'm glad that I've not had to.”Kriti SanonCasting
“I always take kind of a zen view of casting and I really don't remember people who passed. I kind of turn it over to the universe and figure, 'Wow, I guess that wasn't meant to be.' It doesn't sit with me.”Peter FarrellyCasting