Just kidding. Actually, I’m not. I find advice is overrated. It’s a sure way to learn someone else’s limitations for the situation YOU are facing. Someone without your resources, without your wit, without your smarts,…
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Bonnie Gillespie’s New Headshots
Hello you beautiful people and first off let me THANK YOU for helping me choose my new headshot. In five days, a total of 864 votes were cast in the Google survey I put up,…
Show Them What You’ll Do on Set in Your Audition
All right, beauties. Get ready for greatness. Last week during a private coaching session, I pulled up the websites and social media accounts of several ninjas around the world who are doing a lot RIGHT….
Help Me Choose My New Headshot
Oh hai! 🙂 I’m back from Toronto, back from New York, back from Chicago… what a month! Back at the beach, back to a packed coaching calendar (I missed y’all too, LA-based lovelies), and back…
Tackling Ageism in Hollywood — It’s Never Too Late!
Hello from New York! This one is short, but the topic is a GOOD one and there’s a vid you’ll enjoy watching if you’ve ever felt frustrated by how much time is ticking away as…
Your Confidence FTW
Hello from Chicago! Y’all know I’ve often said that casting is a list of problems and the actors who look like solutions get the parts. In fact, all of PRODUCTION is a list of problems…
Connect the Dots: A Secret Weapon for Actors
“I see you shiver with antici… …pation.” Let’s be honest, we all love solving a puzzle, completing a thought, “yes, and…”-ing a great lead-in. Connecting the dots is FUN. Yet for some reason, I regularly…
Submitting to an Agent
So, it’s definitely submission season, showcase season, meeting season ’round Hollywood. (If you don’t already have your FREE calendar of the showbiz seasons, please head over here to grab the SMFA Hot Sheet that’ll keep…
Sal Viscuso: A Pace Car for SMFA Ninjas
I love Instagram. Let me clarify; I have a very one-sided relationship with most social media. I use it when it serves me HOW it serves me and otherwise don’t feel very connected to it…
5 Bits of Nourishment That Will Change Your Life
“I want to feel like this all the time.” — Keith, at the end of this weekend. Yeah, it was pretty spectacular. Even still, I’m basking in the afterglow of our fifth SMFA Escape (this…