This week’s column is devoted to that bottom inch of your resume: the Special Skills section. (If you need a template for getting started with your resume, I’ve got you covered here.) Whenever I hold…
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Really. Actors Can’t Read.
Miss Bonnie! With your column on Actors Can’t Read, you are so on the money! My children have said, “You know there are people who click then read, and those who read then click.” Well,…
When Bad News Is Good News
I was recently catching up on some TiVoed episodes of one of my new favorite summer series, Saved. This critically-acclaimed TNT drama is basically what ER was in its first season: gritty, compelling, heart-wrenching, occasionally…
Are Hyphenates Islands?
I am a newcomer to both your column and to acting. In Beware the Island, you warned that actors should be cautious about their excitement for auditioning for Indie films and other projects where the…
Actors Can’t Read
I know. You already don’t like this column. Believe me, I don’t like having to write it. But having put out four breakdowns last week (yes, four), I’ve become overwhelmed at how many actors out…
Surviving Bitter Actor Syndrome
Looks like I got some GREAT feedback on the whole Bitter Actor Syndrome theory. Thank you so much for your emails!! Here are a few of my favorites, in response to my question from the…
Beware the Island
With apologies to John Donne, I chose a tip of the hat to his theory that No man is an Island, entire of itself as the title of this week’s column. Regular readers will recall…
How to Spot a Scam
Is [name removed] a scam? I get some variation on this quick question every day. Is this manager getting kickbacks? Is this agency a joke? Does this casting director just want to see me naked?…
Bitter Actor Syndrome
Last week’s column on Casting the Actor vs. Casting the Character seems to have struck a chord with a lot of readers. I’m so glad! In keeping with that whole theme of what actors bring…
How I Choose My Weekly Columns for Actors
Thanks so much for this week’s column and the “Your Turn” section! I love how you broke down reading for the room vs. reading for the camera for each type of audition. In the past…