I was looking through my emails to find a good topic for Your Turn this week and noticed two with a similar “feel” to them. I’m going to share both with you because I think…
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Risk Assessment
I believe that one of the casting director’s primary duties is assessing risk on behalf of producers. Yes, we have this really cool job that involves reading a script, making a list of actors who…
Unsolicited Demo Reels
I’m in the midst of putting together my demo reel. Once that’s done, my agent is going to send it out to various casting directors (and I’m sure you’ve read on Canadian Actor Online how…
Tea with Jessica Bendinger
This week’s column will be a bit different than my usual offering because I wanted to share with you some great stuff that came from my tea date with Jessica Bendinger (she wrote Bring It…
My Age Is on IMDb!
First, thanks for the book at the Industry RSVP night. I felt like I’d won an actor lottery! I have a question for “Your Turn” column. I did an archive search on the issue and…
The Three C’s
At a recent speaking engagement, I was asked: “What do you look for in an actor?” (Note: This is probably my least favorite question.) Because actors so frequently ask this almost totally irrelevant question, I…
Rejecting Rejection
Another great column, Bonnie. Really great. Those costs of acting are tough to see all in one place, but if the costs scare off some of my competition, all the better. But you left out…
Yeah, But…
Many, many emails I receive start out like this: I’ve read everything you’ve ever written and I love your advice. But I just need to ask you one quick question… and the question will invariably…
Monitoring the Culture: Little Miss Sunshine
(Note: My full review is at the BonBlogs.) I swear to you, if you like AMAZINGLY well-written and beautifully-acted indie films with nary a continuity error, goof*, or glitch (not that that’s WHY anyone should…
What Is a Performance Video? An Actor Slate?
When breakdowns are posted, a lot of times it states to submit performance videos and not demo tapes. I don’t mean to sound too stupid, but what is the difference? Your book, which I purchased…