A couple of weeks ago, a director whose amazing film I cast contacted me to let me know we’d been invited to two festivals. The big, fancy one and the small, sweet one. We’d have…
Browsing Category The Actors Voice
So Much Feedback!
This week’s Your Turn features more great feedback from Just Get Better and 100% Accountability. Read on! And thanks, everyone. I love hearing from you! First email: I know you are gonna get a ton…
Feedback on Just Get Better
I got more feedback on Just Get Better than for any single column in over five years of weekly topics. Wow! Thanks, y’all. Here are some of my favorites. 🙂 First email: Just get better….
100% Accountability
Welcome new readers! Since I heard from many, many, many of you that last week’s column, “Just Get Better,” was forwarded all over the Internet and re-posted like crazy, I’m betting some of you might…
Refining the Research
Hi Bonnie, I get the impression that casting directors are too busy to look at every DVD that comes in the mail. What is the best way to get the five to ten casting directors…
Just Get Better
In this week’s column, I’m going to dole out the most outrageous advice I’ve ever given. But first, a little context. The bulk of the emails I receive can be put, roughly, into three categories….
Flavors of Actor Type
Hi Bonnie! I am a long-time reader of your column, and this is my first time writing to you. I wanted to give you my perspective on acting type. I think a major reason actors…
People Talk
Actor number one asks actor number two what he thinks about an agent, while both are within earshot of actor number three. Actor number two tells actor number one what he thinks about that agent….
Eat the Fish; Spit Out the Bones
Hello Bonnie, I just wanted to thank you so much for your insight you gave me a few weeks ago. I did exactly what you advised and just submitted for twenty-something roles. I must say…