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

Hello! First off, thank you so much for sharing all of your awesome insights on the business of acting. You’re so good at covering all of the details and explaining things in a way I…

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Vid Is It

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

Do you remember record albums? Like vinyl? And do you remember that some people liked to buy albums and others liked to buy 45s? Some people wanted an entire album, so they could hear all…

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in Self-Management for Actors on January 11, 2012 August 14, 2025

Original emailed version = here! 6W2LA So, I’m writing you from the SMFA tour in Orlando! But we’ve launched registration for the first-ever Six Weeks To LA program and the countdown is on! For those…

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How to Send Attachments to Casting Directors

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

I received the following blast of tweets over at The Twitter, from ArielM32. If I don’t have a website, is it appropriate to email a Dropbox link to my headshot/resumé if I want to avoid…

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A New Start

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

I don’t know about you, but I actually get a little bored in the last week of each year and the first week of each new year, with all the tips about how to make…

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The Price of Free

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

Bonnie, You and I briefly tossed complimentary words around about “Best Laid Plans” and I wanted to drop a quick email to say hi, wish you a happy holiday, and offer my own nerdy cheer…

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Ho-Hum vs. Hell Yes

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

This week’s hit from the archives comes with a bonus vid, shot for the badasses enrolled in SMFA Online. Watch it, and be inspired! Wanna read more about this concept? Cool. This will be short,…

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2011 in Photos

in Quizzes and Memes on December 31, 2011 August 14, 2025

This is the Pummelvision version of 515 days. 365 Project of 2011, plus the 150 days in 2010 I was doing the 365 project before I stopped. 😉 To see the photos at Flickr on…

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Referral Meeting… Now What?

in The Actors Voice on December 26, 2011 August 14, 2025

Hello Sweet Bonnie, I am one of the Cricket Feet Showcase alumni that did your Self-Management for Actors Seminar as a part of the showcase, years ago. I am back on the east coast as…

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Timing

in The Actors Voice on December 26, 2011 August 14, 2025

I was sharing one of my favorite stories about timing with the current students of the SMFA Seminar and was asked whether I had ever written this story into a column. I hadn’t (outright)… until…

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