Another great column, Bonnie. Really great. Those costs of acting are tough to see all in one place, but if the costs scare off some of my competition, all the better. But you left out…
Browsing Category The Actors Voice
Yeah, But…
Many, many emails I receive start out like this: I’ve read everything you’ve ever written and I love your advice. But I just need to ask you one quick question… and the question will invariably…
What Is a Performance Video? An Actor Slate?
When breakdowns are posted, a lot of times it states to submit performance videos and not demo tapes. I don’t mean to sound too stupid, but what is the difference? Your book, which I purchased…
The Other Costs of Acting
This week’s column is a follow-up to The Costs of Acting (the new record-holder for my longest column ever) and it will focus on the non-monetary expenses you can expect, in choosing a career as…
Nudity Required (Or Is It?)
First and foremost, thanks as always for the great column. Recently you reiterated a point you’ve made in the past regarding castings that call for/require nudity. Although I’ve been told by managers and agents in…
The Costs of Acting
When looking over the many emails I received about my On The Set column, I noticed a few actors requesting more articles in the “how it really is” spirit of things. One of the things…
Feedback on Life on Set
I got so much email about last week’s column (about twice the usual volume)! Wow! In my attempt to help share the love with those wonderful actors who contributed to last week’s piece, I’m going…
Staged Readings
I’ve written before about When to Say No and When to Work for Free, but I want to address something very specific that often straddles a line in this area: the staged reading. Several times…
Thank You for Your Help!
Because this week’s column was inspired by a great question sent through to my email address for use in a Your Turn segment, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you wonderful readers for…
On the Set
This will be my longest column ever. Count on it. I went back and forth about turning this into a two-parter (or even a three-parter), but finally decided I’d rather this be all in one…