Thom McFadden Talks Age
SAYA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q: What is Stop Acting Your Age about? A : Think about it like a reality producer comes to your town to do a show on aging and casts YOU to play yourself 10 to 15 years younger than your birth age. The book exposes the truth about the myths and misconceptions of aging. Then Baby Boomers, Elders and Seniors are walked through a system to create the script they’ll use to stop being an “extra” in their play of life and instead be the star. Q: Why did you write Stop Acting Your Age ? A: When I started feeling invisible, that was when I realized I was aging. As an acting coach, I noticed the younger actors weren’t really listening to me anymore. I felt frustrated and depressed. It seemed I was becoming what many people describe as a “grumpy old fart”. People thought I wasn’t cool anymore. I stopped getting casting calls. I wasn’t asked to the parties. The older I got the more invisible I became. People weren’t se...