Actors are intense people. This is no secret to anyone who has ever been an actor. Or known an actor. Or watched an actor. It just comes with the territory. In order to be the…
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Am I too Old to Start an Acting Career?
I am 24 years old and I want to become an actor but I am intimidated by great actors in their 30s that are at the top of their careers (Reese Witherspoon, Angelina Jolie). They…
Auditions: The Room vs. Camera
Prereads are always fascinating for me. I’ll see 120 actors in one day; some of them fantastic, some just fine, some not great at all. But what’s amazing to me is how some actors get…
The Image Issue
I’m a frequent reader of your column and I have a question I haven’t seen asked yet. I’ll be moving out to LA in the next year or so. I’ve read a few times now…
Five Stages of Actor Grief
At a dinner party with several actors last week, I tossed out an idea I’d been toying with for my column: The Five Stages of Grief for Actors. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross developed the Five Stages of…
Questions about Headshots
This week, I’ll answer a few questions about the past two weeks‘ Bad Headshots, Good Headshots columns. If he doesn’t object, I was wondering if you could share the name of the actor/commercial photographer who…
Time-Controlled Challenges
Last week, I noticed a post on Joel Haber’s screenwriting blog about the 14-Day Screenplay Challenge coming up June 3rd. First run in February 2006, it’s having its second go (under new management) and I…
Sacrifice My Integrity for a Role?
I have been an actress for about eight years now. During this time, I have turned down a lot of lead roles because I refuse to do hot, steamy love scenes; be nude; be partially…
Bad Headshots, Good Headshots II
Last week’s article on headshots was so much fun, we’re going to do it again this week! First, a MAJOR thank you to the many, many actors who sent in headshots (good and bad) and…
Is Explore Talent a Scam?
Hello Bonnie, I had written you before inquiring about Explore Talent, a “bogus” way of finding out about casting notices (which I was quite suspicious about in the first place). But now my suspicions as…