Oh, my. So there’s an episode of Sex and the City in which Miranda’s mother passes away and the gals go to the funeral. At the moment Carrie joins Miranda and they spy “the boys”…
Posts Published by Bonnie Gillespie
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Networking for Young Actors
Regarding your suggested resolutions, what about child actors? I’ve got all the love and support I need from my parents, but this situation can be overwhelming. I can’t volunteer for casting directors. I can’t go…
Taped Auditions
So, you live out-of-market (somewhere other than where casting is taking place) and you’ve received that glorious call: “We want you to audition for a role. Put yourself on tape and get it to us…
Monitoring the Culture: Eats, Shoots & Leaves
I know everyone read Lynne Truss’ book Eats, Shoots & Leaves in 2004 and I finally finished reading the book that I started in June this past week. I had dusted off Strunk and White’s…
Monitoring the Culture: What? No Wheat?
This is a lighthearted book about Celiac Disease, wheat allergies, and gluten sensitivities of all kind. Having recently begun a gluten-free diet, I am reading quite a few books on the subject. Most of them…
Do Agents Pass on Projects without Telling the Actors about the Offers?
I just finished reading your article on Personality Conflicts and I had a question about one of the two actors you’d never call in again if the choice were yours. The actor that “blew off”…
Working Actor Resolutions
It’s that time of year when folks create a list of resolutions for the New Year, review successes and failures from the past year, and set goals that may or may not make it to…
2004 in Questions
Happily nabbed from Aimercat. 1. What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before? Move to the 310. 2. Did you keep your 2004 resolutions? Will you make more for 2005? I make…
Hollywood Networking How-To
I am new to LA and I have heard a few actor friends tell the disturbing tale that in order to ever get work I must network like a mad woman, attending every quasi-political function…