Do you think that birthmark you have hinders your career in any way? How do you think it affects the roles you are given?

Answer:

Something you may not know is that I'm an artist in my spare time. As such, there are times where I find myself having to create characters out of seemingly nothing, and when I do this I make sure I take my time in the creation process. This is because I like to get attached to these characters. I love creating them, and I don't want this to be a 'one-shot' deal. I'll want to come back to them more often, see them grow, put them in certain situations and see how they handle it. I'm sure anyone who's an artist can relate to that in some aspect.

Now, that said, I feel that the closest I've ever come to feeling what God feels is during this initial process; you know, referring to creation. I feel that the same way I take my time with a character, he also does the same with humans. In my case, I'd like to think that when God crafted me - and upon finishing the process - he stepped back so that he could take a look at his newest creation. However, I believe that he crossed his arms, put a finger to his chin with an awkward grin and said, "...he's missing something." And as soon as he did this, he had his "aha!" moment as the light bulb went on, and he proceeded to touch that place right above my cheek bone. Finally, he sat back and clapped his hands, this time completely satisfied, and said "Perfect."

Now, I'm never going to be perfect for every role, and I definitely can't represent a character that is based off a real person - a Biopic of Johnny Depp, for example. So do I think it hinders me in any way? Quite possibly. But if a Director or Producer can't see past this little smudge on my face when it comes to choosing me for a role that I'm otherwise perfect for, then I probably don't want to be working with them in the first place.

This is how I feel about my birthmark. I may not be the perfect poster boy, but to be honest I completely forget that birthmark is there sometimes, so it shouldn't really be that big of a deal. I do understand that in front of a camera these things seem more apparent, but if I can be as good an actor as those I find inspiration from then I don't think it would be a problem. However, if anyone ever attempted to "write it into the story" for a part, I'd probably say something along these lines. In fact, if my birthmark is ever referred to in any interview, you can expect this answer or similar, if I don't decide to just be straightforward.

Either way, it's a little pretencious to be thinking about such things when I haven't even acted in anything beyond high school stage productions, so I'll just leave this to my daydreams for now. We'll see what the future holds.