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The Most Uncastable Quality

in Self-Management for Actors on January 25, 2013 August 14, 2025

Hello, again! 🙂 This second vid in our free series is all about the single most uncastable quality (and it’s not what you may think). BTW, do you freakin’ love my facial expression in the…

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3 Biggest Actor Myths

in Self-Management for Actors on January 23, 2013 August 14, 2025

All right, beautiful people! I’m glad you’ve found your way here. I wanna do a li’l myth-busting, especially when it comes to those LIES we all hear about stuff you *have to do* in order…

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Should I Use a Stage Name?

in The Actors Voice on January 21, 2013 August 14, 2025

Hello Bonnie! First of all thanks to you and to the actors who submitted their work for the end of the year critiques series! Since I can’t be out there experiencing the industry myself, I’m…

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Determination

in The Actors Voice on January 21, 2013 August 14, 2025

I was chatting with a wonderful group of actors last week and the topic of DRIVE and DETERMINATION came up. One of the actors told me that she found it *very* important to make sure…

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Option Overload

in The Actors Voice on January 14, 2013 August 14, 2025

When I teased the above column in my quarterly BonBlast ‘zine last week, I asked if folks would like to “share their toys.” Sure enough, several members of my mailing list wrote in with shares,…

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Open Source

in The Actors Voice on January 14, 2013 August 14, 2025

Several months ago, a reporter from the LA Times reached out to me as a source on an article she was doing about actors and “that typing thing.” Obviously, I have a lot to say…

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Freely Share Your Toys

in The Actors Voice on January 7, 2013 August 14, 2025

Happy New Year, Bonnie! Thank you for the MP3! It really made me think on some things that I’m facing right at this moment. I have a question about materials, since you’ve been discussing that…

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in The Actors Voice on January 7, 2013 August 14, 2025

Goddess Anna Vocino and I were out on one of our epic ladydates when the convo turned to auditions that go south. Y’know the ones. You’ve done the prep. You’ve had the amazing preread. You’ve…

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Why Do British and Australian Actors Get All the Roles?

in The Actors Voice on December 31, 2012 August 14, 2025

Dear Bonnie I do all that is in my control when it comes to my career and know many fellow actors who do the same. But I do have a simple question for you. How…

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Revisit That List

in The Actors Voice on December 31, 2012 August 14, 2025

So, you may recall that — a few months ago — I asked y’all to write a list of goals and put it away, so we could check it out and celebrate with one another….

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