Is your acting resume “fiction”?

Many actors fictionalize their acting credits on their resumes, and many get a way with it. Such is the case with George Clooney and Los Angeles casting director Barbara Claman.

In an article written by David Ansen and Devin Gordon in Newsweek interviews several actors and about their careers.

Clooney goes on to say in the article…

Clooney: You couldn’t get a job without getting into the Screen Actors Guild, so everybody I knew, including myself, would make up these credits just to get in. They didn’t have the Internet at the time, so you could get away with anything. I remember lying to a casting director, Barbara Claman, about this movie called “Cat People.” She was, like, “You were in that, were you?” I was, like, yep. And she goes, “Because I cast that.” I finally just said, “I can’t get in SAG. Help me out.” She helped me get a job on a film then called “The Predator.” We shot it in Hungary. It was Charlie Sheen and Laura Dern and I, all three of our first jobs. As big as they became later, the movie never came out, that’s how bad a film it was. But I got my SAG card.

Do not lie on your resume, it is not worth it, as most casting directors will throw you out of their office once they discover your lies.

See the entire article here.