has already addressed this--I haven't caught up yet.)
Okedokie. Some of them are probably unnecessary--your example is good
for that--the odds of another Bryce Howard entering the business are
pretty much nil. Whatever. (see * below) Maybe she likes the sound of
her whole name. Michael Keaton was born Michael Douglas, but couldn't
use that for obvious reasons, so he had to change his name to
something else entirely. What a bummer.
So, if one has a potentially common name, using a middle name or
initial is useful. I have a common name, hence I use my middle
initial on anything I get credit for, so that some PA who worked
on "Return of the Zombie Mutant Axe Murderers 3" doesn't show up on
my IMDB listing (nor do they get credit on their listing for MY
work).
Another good example: Two actresses came into the business pretty
much at the same time some 20 years ago, both with the same first
name, and last names that are pretty WASPY. In an effort to
differentiate them, either they or their reps decided they should use
their full, three-name names. Well, it didn't work, because I (and I
know I'm not alone) kept mixing them up (not the faces, but I
couldn't spit the names out)--I speak of Mary Stuart Masterson and
Mary Louise Parker. There was a third 3-namer right about then, and
for the life of me I can't remember who it was right at that moment,
I know her name was different, but I can't think of that either. It
wasn't' Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio--name isn't waspy enough...and it
wasn't even a Mary I don't think...
* But anyway, none of the minutia matters: it all comes down to the
same thing. Especially as an actor, you want people to remember you,
especially when you're a nobody. So maybe the casting director won't
remember you as Anthony Hall, Andrew Clay, or Larry Jenkins, but you
might get another part if you're Anthony Michael Hall, Andrew Dice
Clay or Larry Flash Jenkins.
I mean, are you going to talk smack to Harry Dean Stanton about using
three names? I think not.
And you can't possibly NOT know about the whole three names for
famous asassins bit, can you?
--- In [email protected], "Ellen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> What's up with the 3-name business anyway? If your name is Bryce
> Dallas Howard, don't your friends just call you Bryce? Who cares
> what your middle name is? Unless it's like Michael J. Fox--Michael
> Fox was already taken in Actor's Equity. But nonetheless his
friends
> and family call him Mike.
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Hannah Robinson"
> <hjrobinson@> wrote:
> >
> > I just like the notion of a name having meaning. My name,
Hannah,
> means
> > 'graced' or 'in favor'. I hope to name my first daughter
> Chaia, 'life'.
> > The trendy names with the outre spellings seem like an attempt to
> give
> > individuality to your kid without actually thinking about what
kind
> of
> > person s/he will be (Not to be wicked judgmental or anything.)
> >
> > Of course, there's always the naming that Ron Howard gave his
> daughter,
> > Bryce Dallas Howard. According to her iMDb listing:
> >
> > "My parents are both redheads, so they knew I was going to be a
> redhead.
> > They just thought Bryce Canyon was very strong and it was red.
And
> they
> > thought it was beautiful. So they named me Bryce. And Dallas is
> where I was
> > conceived. My parents are hippies."
> >
> > I mean, "Hayley" for example, (or Hailee, or Hailey, etc.)
> means "in a hay
> > field". Now I could understand it if that where you were
> conceived...come
> > to think of it, Diane did say she was in the midwest...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/20/06, denisesudell <dsudell7781@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen"
> <ellengoodman6@>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My name criteria are that they have to be gender-specific and
> easy
> > > to
> > > > spell and pronounce.
> > >
> > > Personally, I prefer names that are *not* gender-specific.
IMHO,
> > > screwing with people's gender-related expectations is a service
to
> > > humanity.
> > >
> > > Plus women who have more androgynous names get hired more often.
> > >
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