- Actor Profile:
Denise SweeneyDenise Sweeney is a supervisor at Conn and Conn Mortgage in West
Hartford, CT. She knows first hand the benefits of hiring people with
disabilities. Stephen Mendelsohn has a very detail oriented job. Being autistic actually
helps him focus on detail and organization when doing direct mail at Conn
and Conn. Denise has learned the benefits of his intense focus and has
also learned how to work with Stephen to break that focus if she needs
him to do a different task.
Michael Lee Gogin, popular film and television actor, is a little
person
working to break stereotypes. His newest role as a factory owner is
just the sort of part he loves because it is close to reality for him.
Art imitages life: His wife and children in
the movie are average size, just like his own wife and two children.
Michael has also had his
share of roles which could be seen as typecasting: playing magical
characters in the Lord of the
Rings and Charmed. His thoughts on this are that it was fun to do but
now he prefers roles like the waiter he played in Fear and Loathing in
Las
Vegas, and his current role in Made for Each Other. http://www.michaelleegogin.com/





