J. ALEX MORAN III - ProfilesArchive

About Me

-I made the move to LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA in March 2006 to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. Initially, I took a job with SBE/ Bolthouse Productions and learned a great deal about producing Hollywood Events & the nightclub industry. The work was exciting and the people were great, but deep down I knew I wanted something else. I had always been interested in being the "man behind the man/ or woman". I'd never really had the desire to be the talent in front of the camera, even though it's virtually impossible to deny the sexual chemisty shared between myself and every camera-lens that has ever crossed my path. I considered taking jobs ranging from casting and public relations, to talent management and production. I soon learned the many differences between talent agents & talent managers. It became clear to me that I wanted to work with and possibly become a talent agent. At first, I had some reservations concerning my desire to work at an agency. Most of them centered around the fact that I had not completed law school. I worried that my lack of legal education would eventually become a barrier to the level of success I could achieve at an agency. I knew that almost every successful sports-agent was also a lawyer. I feared that most talent agents probably had their J.D.'s as well. Aware of my desire for more answers, a friend introduced me to an extremely well-respected former-agent from William Morris that was kind enough to explain some things to me. He told me the following: "Alex, you tried on a pair of shoes with Law School and found that it wasn't a good fit. Don't get hung up on it. If I had to guess, I would say that only about 20% of talent agents have law degees. A law degree has absolutely no bearing on the level of success you can achieve in this industry/ and specifically in this profession. This town has no shortage of lawyers eager to help when the day comes for formal contracts to be drawn up. What is lacking however, are quality people to manage and run artist's careers in an intelligent manner." After our meeting, I lined up interviews at all of the "Big 5" agencies, and was fortunate enough to receive some attractive offers. In the end, one agency emerged as the "perfect fit". I gladly accepted a position at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and the rest is history! It feels great to genuinely enjoy what I do for a living. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------My career decision was solidified in my mind as "the right choice" the first time I got on a plane and returned home to Kansas City. I found myself seated next to a relatively attractive and refreshingly pleasant young lady that upon seeing my perfectly tailored HUGO suit, laptop, 2 Phones/PDA's that aren't made available to the general public, and stack of scripts, greeted me with an enthusiastic "So, what do you do?" Because I was in a good mood, and I as you can plainly see I enjoy talking about myself, I chose to enlighten her. Not even 10 minutes into the flight I had an audience of 12 passengers (all that were within earshot) and 2 stewardesses. I talked and they listened...for the entire flight...literally. I could hardly get in a full sentence without one of the members of my audience asking me a question: Q: "Have you met Tom Cruise?"...A: "Yes, he's a client and we have a secret handshake."....Q: "Is he really that short?"....A: "Shorter, and he wears lifts."....Q: "How does a script become a movie?"....A: "It's kind of like baking a cake, except totally different, and your goal is turn a script into a film, not bake a cake...and there are several hundred more steps and people involved in the process."...ect. The Q & A lasted the entire flight, and the genuine interest in what I did made me feel so good about the path I had chosen. I don't think that there is anything wrong with selling insurance or being an accountant, or doing whatever it is that most people do, but I always wanted to have a job that people sincerely wanted to hear about. Being interesting is an amazing and powerful thing. After we landed, I personally thanked every member of my audience on that flight for re-affirming my decision to drop out of law school and work in Hollywood, and they thanked me for allowing them such an intimate experience with whom many of them referred to as "the most interesting person they had ever met." ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------Before I actually arrived in L.A., I thought that maybe I had seen one too many episodes of "Entourage", and that my goal of industy infultration was entirely misguided. But the more I've learned about the entertainment industry as a whole, the more I've come to realize that a charismatic, engaging, stylish, intelligent, sophisticated, devilishly charming, and exquisitely handsome young-man from Kansas City really can move his entire life to L.A. and quickly become a part of the "entertainment machine" that makes its home right here in beautiful Southern-California. Who knew? I'm the only guy I know that was invited back to his college alma-mater to speak at the graduation ceremony just 2 years after I graduated! I accepted my former school's invitation, and my speech was from the heart, inspirational, and described as "absolutely amazing...this young man could very well win the Presidency if he were so inclined" by the USA Today journalist that was in attendance at the ceremony. My parents are very proud, and that makes me happy! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------I grew up in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. I graduated as the valedictorian of my University in May 2005 and spent my summer visiting the many Law Schools competing for my enrollment. I eventually chose a school, and made the move to AUSTIN, TEXAS to go to Law School in August 2005. I learned everything I needed to know in only 1 semester studying law (I'm a fast learner) and made the conscious decision to end my "Law School Career" earlier than originally planned. (Seriously-I didn't flunk out - I dropped out) - You can call me counselor, I don't mind.

My Interests

I could get you a table at Dorsia @ 8 on a Friday night. I'm a 3rd degree black belt (Tae-Kwon-Do). At age 17, I was the youngest person ever selected to play for the U.S. National Rugby team, but opted not to represent our country overseas because it interfered with my social life. I always play it super-cool, love making eye-contact with strangers, squirrel hunting, sleeping, looking/feeling sexy, shopping, tanning, working out, making tanktops, dreaming, keeping it clean, and being so Big Time. I have my shirts, pants, and underwear tailored, and my socks dry-cleaned. I would do anything for there to be two of me. Nothing saddens me more than the knowledge that I am the only person in the world that can't enjoy my friendship. Too bad for me, good for you - so enjoy.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who refers to me as "The Hollywood Gentleman" or "The Squirrel-Man." Anyone known to use the word "trim". Eric Roberts, his sister, Wayne Newton, Christopher Walken, Jonathan Antin, Tony Little, Vinci. Winners, Legends, anyone who I can learn and/or benefit from knowing, anyone who can learn and/or benefit from knowing me, Role-Models, "Model"-Models, and people on "THE" level.------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------"MIRROR MEN" - aka - Guys who wear mirrors on the tops of their shoes! "Mirror-MEN" has become a term I use to describe men that I respect. Mirror-men have goals, are risk takers, and have the "marbles" to go after what they want--no matter how creepy or unusual their desires and goals may be to everyone else )! I didn't always feel this way about "mirror-men", but an encounter last March changed my views on these often mis-understood and usually despised peepers. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------TRUE STORY:-- In March of 2006, I had just made the move to Los Angeles, CA, and was interviewing at a number of places in my new city. One of these interviews was at a reputable talent agency in Beverly Hills. It wasn't my first choice, but it was definitely a "TOP 10 Agency" and I was interviewing to become the assistant to one of the agency's biggest agents. It was a job that I really wanted at the time. I arrived at the agency nearly 30 minutes early and wound up sitting in the main lobby with several other people. There were two very attractive 20-something women with skirts on, and a man in his early thirties sitting in between them on a 3-seat leather couch. I quickly noticed that the 30-something man had shiny mirrors strapped to the tops of his shoes. I couldn't believe it! I realized that he had strategically seated himself in-between the two women and was using the mirrors to look up the women's skirts. I'm not kidding! He was taking full advantage of the fact that they were concentrating on the magazines provided to them. He was having an absolute "field day"! Maybe there's something wrong with me, but it was one of the funniest and most amazing things I had ever seen! At times, his feet were over 2 feet off the ground (simultaneously at some points) while he was sitting in his chair--working/focusing on getting the best angle possible! The man was absolutely fearless! We were seated in a "high traffic" lobby, and the agency's employees were walking by almost constantly. This being the case, the man was undaunted and almost oblivious to the dozens of people that were in a position to catch him in the act at any moment. His slim-fitting pants made it easy to see just how much he was enjoying himself (if you know what I mean---if u don't, then you're a little slow, and I'm saying that he had a GIANT "hard-on"). Eventually the two women were called in for their interviews, and I was left alone with the owner of the shiniest shoes I had ever seen! I'm far from shy, so I leaned over to the aroused gentleman & whispered to him, "Hell of a shine job on those shoes pal! How'd you get them to look like that?" He smiled back at me and asked, "I bet you think I'm some kind of pervert don't you?" To which I quickly responded, "Yeah, I do! But I'm O.K. with it. You just gave me an amazing story that I look forward to telling for years to come! For that, I wanna thank you, my good man!" We went on to talk about how he and I aren't really all that different. He made me realize that the only substantial difference between he and I was that we wanted different things and therefore had to DO different things to achieve our goals. I wanted to work at a Talent Agency and become a talent agent. For as long as I could remember, I had wanted to be be a "successful man". He wanted the same thing. He simply defined success much differently than I did. Success for me equaled working at an agency and working my way to the top. Success for him equaled getting a "good look" whenever possible. I wanted a job that allowed me to use my God given abilities and those I perfected during years of private education. I knew what I wanted out of my life, and was eager to achieve it. He too knew what he wanted out of life, and was also eager and working to achieve it! He wanted to look up women's skirts! That's all he wanted to do! He was willing to risk it all to get what he wanted. He explained that he had a lot to lose, but risked it all on a daily basis just to get one good look up an attractive woman's skirt! It was simply all he could think about when he woke up in the morning. That's just how God made him--who was I to judge? I'm not saying that I would ever do the same thing, but I respect those who have clear cut goals and actually do something to achieve those goals. It takes a real man to go after what he wants! He fully understood that he could be arrested at anytime for his actions, but he proceeded---undeterred. He had goals, and he courageously pursued those goals. We should all be so steadfast in the face of uncertainty and danger. The world would be a much better place if we were all a little more like my mirrorred friend!

Music:

I like anything upbeat and happy. Anything sexy and MACHO. I can't actually listen to any of my music with my windows down (at least not when anyone's around). Lots of pop, techno, dance type of stuff. I'm loving this new Latin invasion thing (Pit-bull, Daddy Yankee). These young Latin men are just so naughty and irresistable - what's not to love. Best musical period of my life was probably Alice Deejay (Spring Break 2000) - that was fun. Basically, music has sort of been downhill from there. Sisqo needs to release a new album or something. Maybe I should put something out.

Movies:

Wall Street, Heat, The Shawshank Redemption, Point Break, Boogie Nights, American Psycho, Pulp Fiction, The Karate Kid, Rocky IV, Gladiator, Goodfellas, Days of Thunder, Glory, Bloodsport, Fight Club, Cocktail, Braveheart, Snatch, Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy, Natural Born Killers, The Girl Next Door, Walk the Line, The Burbs, Bottle Rocket, Training Day, The Lion King, Boiler Room, Reservoir Dogs, The Program, Hoop Dreams, Pretty Woman, Old School, Gleaming the Cube, A Few Good Men, Airborn, Clueless, Legally Blonde, Mean Girls, Swingers, Bad Boys, Clerks, Deliverance, Die Hard, The Lost Boys, Back to the Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, True Romance, Lean On Me, Striptease, The Rock, Lethal Weapon I & II, Fargo, The Excorcist, A Bronx Tale, Top Gun, Wedding Crashers, The Last Samurai, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon, Young Guns II, The Pink Panther (The Original), License to Drive,

Television:

NFL, College Basketball, College Football, Blow Out, Entourage, 8th & Ocean, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Da Ali-G Show, Animal Planet, History Channel, Growing Up Gotti, Anything Reality

Books:

I read a book once! I really liked it! I should probably read another one. I need to start reading books. I'm running out of things to say. People love me at first, but once they spend more than a few days with me they realize that there really isn't much there other than a beautiful face and a breathtaking body that looks like it was chisled out of granite. It's not a case of all beauty and no brains because I'm super-smart. I'm simply ignorant on almost any topic that doesn't revolve around pop-culture. I have no problem meeting women and sparking their interest. I've mastered the art of weasling my way into a girl's life. I'm amazing on a first date, not so much on a second, and almost never get a third. Books may prove to be exactly what I need.

Heroes:

JC, my father, Gordon Gekko, Patrick Bateman