Hey, Bonnie! I’m sure you get many, many emails per day from aspiring actors looking to you for guidance, connections, auditions, reassurance, whatever. However, I just joined your mailing list, and received the automated response…
Get Down with Self-Taping
So, two weeks ago, we talked about being Room Ready, and last week, we talked about Getting Into the Room. To round this series out, today we’re gonna get into that “other” way IN: Self-Taping….
Feedback on Room Ready
Got lots of great feedback on last week’s Room Ready. Here are a couple of the emails and some “yes, and…” from me. Great article Bonnie. I’ve been auditioning in this town for twenty years…
How to Get into the Room
So, last week was all about being “room ready” and this week we’ll tackle the follow-up question that I knew would come from many readers (and it did), “Yeah. I’m ready. But I can’t even…
Thirsty Third Thursday
Back in 2009, after Self-Management for Actors classes (which met on Thursdays), we started going out after class, and on the third Thursday of the month (if there were five Thursdays that month), we’d just…
Dealing with Potential Conflicts in an Actor’s Schedule
Hi Bonnie, I’ve been a long-time reader, finally moved to LA nine days ago, and have registered for Central Casting and on Showfax. I’ve got an audition for a student film, and I’m seeing lots…
Room Ready
Are you “room ready”? You may have all the talent in the world, but if you’re not prepared to rock the room, you won’t book as much as you’re capable of booking. And don’t you…
Dealing with an Unprofessional Film Set
Hey Bonnie, What’s the etiquette when you, as an actor, are being treated unprofessionally? In this particular instance I was told that my call time was 5:15pm. I was also told to be at a…
Sticky Situation
So, you’ve gotten an audition (Yay, you!) and you soon realize the role is actually *not* your bullseye. Sure, you can hit the target, but this isn’t want you want to become known for doing…
Feedback on A Scientific Approach to Success in Hollywood
This week’s Your Turn is all about a recent column from David Harper at The Actors Voice: POV. Let’s dive in! Really great stuff here! Thank you! And of course David, in his inevitable way,…