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…
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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…
The Other Costs of Acting
This week’s column is a follow-up to The Costs of Acting (the new record-holder for my longest column ever) and it will focus on the non-monetary expenses you can expect, in choosing a career as…
Nudity Required (Or Is It?)
First and foremost, thanks as always for the great column. Recently you reiterated a point you’ve made in the past regarding castings that call for/require nudity. Although I’ve been told by managers and agents in…
The Costs of Acting
When looking over the many emails I received about my On The Set column, I noticed a few actors requesting more articles in the “how it really is” spirit of things. One of the things…
Feedback on Life on Set
I got so much email about last week’s column (about twice the usual volume)! Wow! In my attempt to help share the love with those wonderful actors who contributed to last week’s piece, I’m going…
Staged Readings
I’ve written before about When to Say No and When to Work for Free, but I want to address something very specific that often straddles a line in this area: the staged reading. Several times…