During an interview this weekend on BBC Radio 5, I was asked about how actors could boost their confidence, if it’s low. “Confidence is a muscle,” I said. “And just like with any muscle, you…
Ugh… homework? You betcha!
This week’s excerpt from The Actors Voice actually isn’t an excerpt from The Actors Voice at all, but instead a bit of homework provided to participants in the SMFA 12-Week Online Seminar (our last cycle…
Don’t Work with Creeps
Hi Bonnie, First, let me just say how I adore reading your columns. You are so helpful and bubbly and so generous with your time to help out in sharing your knowledge. I just want…
Results Oriented
Do you have someone in your life who is obsessed with your every audition? Probably in your family, if you’re like most folks, there’s someone who loves to ask: “How did that audition go?” “Did…
Eight Things I Learned from Self-Producing
Dear Bonnie, Industry truth beacon, Southern soul-sister, and Goddess of the pole: I’m writing today to say you were right. Actors should self-produce. I never doubted you were right; I just resisted it. Boy, did…
No Comment
A lovely client treated me to a day at Burke Williams. If you’ve never been, first, please go. Second, know that about every 20 feet throughout the spa, there’s a comment card box, a stack…
The Best Actor Attitude
Hi Bonnie, I wanted to thank you for this week’s column on Discipline. Yes, yes, and YES! I just visited my family during a summer trip home. Let’s begin with saying that my family has…
All the Way to the Bank
I was at lunch with an actor friend when one of those alerts came over his phone for a casting that matched his online profile. He opened the message and followed the link to the…
Actors and Body Image Issues
Hi Bonnie, I was thinking of writing to you sooner and then today catching up on things, I read your plastic surgery column. I was giving a lift (ha — in a car) to a…
Discipline
During my SMFA session at the SAG-AFTRA Conservatory Summer Intensive at AFI this weekend, I talked about how some actors look for the quick fix, the easy fix, that edge that will get them farther,…