This week’s excerpt from The Actors Voice actually isn’t an excerpt from The Actors Voice at all, but instead a quick vid I shot for SMFA Online about Evel Knievel and what we can learn…
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Good News for Actors Over 40 in Toronto
Bonnie: The article “Watch Your Mouth” was a very good article. A reminder that we need to focus on the positive and make the changes that we need to do. Nicole’s Your Turn and your…
Don’t Lead with Need
Ah, another edition of The Actors Voice where the title of the column could just be the whole column, itself. I mean, really. If there are two actors auditioning and one leads from a place…
Graduation Day
Today I graduated from my Sunday Intermediate 1 class at The Pole Garage. Fourteen Sundays. My pole momma, Kelli, said we have no idea how beautiful it is to get to see our progress, over…
Quick Tips for Moving to LA
Hi Bonnie, First and foremost I just have to say how valuable your column is to me and us kiwis! I found you through an American actor’s blog and it’s been a love affair for…
Hollywood Happy Hour
Hey y’all. So… while I was in New York last week, I got to catch up with Nelson, my co-founder for Hollywood Happy Hour. We talked about what HHH set out to be, what it…
Thank You for Your Positivity in Helping Actors
Bonnie, Before moving to Los Angeles I read your column on The Actors Voice as much as my email and I continue to loyally follow. It really has been a good tool for me in…
Watch Your Mouth
I’m back from New York, where I spent another lovely few days working with actors on the principles of Self-Management for Actors, doing events with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, meeting with my Hollywood Happy Hour co-founder,…
Prepping for an Audition with Medical Jargon
Hi Bonnie, Thanks so much! That’s an awesome idea: my own Character History! Quick question for you: I recently had an audition for an African character who is a nurse! The dialogue was mostly medical…