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How Do We Pitch Our Webseries to TV?

in The Actors Voice on April 16, 2012 August 14, 2025

Hey Bonnie! I’ve been reading your articles for some time (even years ago before moving to LA) and we’ve had a couple of exchanges on Twitter but I’ve never written in to you until now….

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Thread the Needle

in The Actors Voice on April 16, 2012 August 14, 2025

I talk, in my classes, about how targeting your buyers is like threading the needle. If you’re a nonunion, new-to-town, blonde in her 20s, and you’re targeting series regular roles on any network sitcom, you…

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Actor Moving to LA: Local Training, Agent in Hollywood

in The Actors Voice on April 9, 2012 August 14, 2025

Hi Bonnie! First of all let me start by saying that I am a HUGE fan of your columns on The Actors Voice. I stumbled upon them in January while doing some research for my…

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How Was Your Pilot Season?

in The Actors Voice on April 9, 2012 August 14, 2025

I’m reading this fascinating book called Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw by Lee Goldberg. It’s a bit dated, for sure, but when it was free for the Kindle app on Mac…

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The Actors Voice Archives

in The Actors Voice on April 3, 2012 August 14, 2025

Every week, since 2004, my column has been posted at Showfax/Actors Access. Every week, I’ve received emails from readers, asking for email notification when the columns go live. Every week, I’ve received emails asking that…

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Please Support AB 1660 to Protect Young Actors

in The Actors Voice on April 2, 2012 August 14, 2025

I’m going to share this week’s email in its entirety, as it comes from the team behind BizParentz.org, a non-profit child actor advocacy organization that has done a ton of work on behalf of kid…

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in The Actors Voice on April 2, 2012 August 14, 2025

So, the pinnacle is the top, right? Once you reach the top, you’re done. There’s nowhere else to go. Er. Let’s ask Oprah. Seriously. If you spend any time studying successful people (and I mean…

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Helenna Santos Levy: Ten Tips for Rockin’ the Red Carpet

in The Actors Voice on April 1, 2012 August 14, 2025

Y’know, I was gonna write this big-ol’ intro to this magnificent article by Helenna Santos Levy, but then I realized, “Hey! This is a MAGNIFICENT article. No big-ol’ intro required!” Hit it, Hels! Like many…

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How Do I Know If These Breakdowns Are Illegal?

in The Actors Voice on March 26, 2012 August 14, 2025

Hello, Bonnie. I found your email on the Showfax site because I had a question. I’m reading your book Self-Management for Actors, and just finished the part where you talk about pirated breakdowns. How would…

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in The Actors Voice on March 26, 2012 August 14, 2025

So, I’ve been touring around teaching the Self-Management for Actors principles in cities all over the world. Awesome. Loving it. One of the questions I was asked recently in a minor market simply blew my…

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