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Thom McFadden Talks Age

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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 start​ed 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...