I’d love to live in a world where expectations are less tied to status. I know, that means I’m pushing against the definition of expectations altogether, but stick with me on this. Someone asks how…
Browsing Category The Actors Voice
Personality Slates: Worth Having on a Demo Reel?
Hi Bonnie! I totally loved your workshop at the SAG Conservatory intensive in July, and learned so much! I wish I had asked this question: Do you have any advice on “personality slating”? What kind…
Rear-View Mirror
“To compare is to despair.” The first time I heard that age-old phrase was a little over a year ago, when Jack Plotnick said it at a taping for Your Actor MBA. Colleen Wainwright followed…
Feedback from the Parent of an Actor
Hello Bonnie, Just read something you wrote back in 2009 called “Dichotomy Required” sent to me by my son Bryan McClure who is an aspiring actor living in LA. It really struck me as a…
Your Youness
Do you celebrate your youness? You know, that stuff that makes you uniquely you. Or do you show up for an audition and immediately start angling, based on what you think they’re looking for? One…
Refining Our Pickers
Bonnie, I love your articles. Hero of the Moment in particular really hit the nail on the head, and I just had this happen to me two days ago! I had a hotshot in London…
Civilian Friends
I’ve mentioned before that a book I read in 1992 — How to Make It in Hollywood — made quite an impact on me, prior to my move to Los Angeles. In it, author Linda…
Feedback on Competition
This week’s Your Turn is all about responses to last week’s column on Competition, written especially for my readers! First, a short and adorable email I received from Bethany Kay. Hi there, Just wanted to…
Hero of the Moment
An actor friend of mine was talking about a referral she had been offered by a guy who comes into the restaurant where her “survival job” takes place. This guy was seated with a group…
Lights, Camera, Agent!
Dear Bonnie, Hope this doesn’t make it into your “What Were You Thinking?!?” file. Headshots, resumés, and reels are standard-issue tools for the actor, but in and of themselves not extremely compelling. I was told…