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Potential Sucks

in The Actors Voice on November 28, 2011 August 14, 2025

Have you ever been told you have potential? Yeah. That’s just rude. Sure, it means you show promise. You have the seed of talent planted there. But the overarching message is that you’re not doing…

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BonBlast: Self-Typing, Tech-Free, Tom Cruise, and Tweeting-Up! :)

in Self-Management for Actors on November 27, 2011 August 14, 2025

Original emailed version = here! Tom Cruise and a Tweet-Up The next LA Actors’ Tweet-Up is on December 6th. Info HERE (and in the vid clip, below). Watch the vid; join us for the fun!…

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How to Get a Casting Internship

in The Actors Voice on November 21, 2011 September 11, 2025

Hello Bonnie! Congrats on your recent and upcoming Self-Management for Actors Seminar tours; you must be beyond excited! I had a question for you and hope you can help. In asking, or offering rather, to…

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Unconditional Love

in The Actors Voice on November 21, 2011 August 14, 2025

Many readers are gearing up for trips home to visit with family and friends, getting a chance to take a break from the craziness that is Hollywood, reconnecting with the people who cheer them on…

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in Self-Management for Actors on November 14, 2011 August 14, 2025

So I haven’t posted in forever. Today I read this post by Jonathan Fields that pretty much sums up what’s been going on, though for him it was a 2.5 week experiment after which he…

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Feedback on Plastic Surgery

in The Actors Voice on November 14, 2011 August 14, 2025

Not surprisingly, last week’s column on Plastic Surgery is the topic of this week’s Your Turn. First email: Thank you for this article. You may have helped me not to make a big mistake! Have…

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Physical Choices

in The Actors Voice on November 14, 2011 August 14, 2025

I have had the great pleasure of witnessing three of the best auditions I’ve ever seen, all within the past two months. Well, technically, two were auditions and one was a pitch, but still, some…

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Feedback on Age and IMDb

in The Actors Voice on November 7, 2011 August 14, 2025

I’m sure you predicted that this week’s Your Turn would be all about last week’s column on Age and IMDb. Let’s get to it, shall we? First email: What!? You mean when that casting director…

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Plastic Surgery

in The Actors Voice on November 7, 2011 August 14, 2025

This could be another one of those short columns, simply because my three-word take on plastic surgery is this: Don’t do it. Of course, I know plenty of actors who have had plastic surgery —…

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BonBlast: The Modern Vision Board

in Self-Management for Actors on October 31, 2011 August 14, 2025

Original emailed version = here! A silly kitty vid! I kid you not. Sometimes, there’s just nothing better than a silly kitty vid, and this is one of my favorites. I don’t know why, but…

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