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in The Actors Voice on October 10, 2011 August 14, 2025

I’m writing this week’s column from Toronto (I wrote last week’s from Chicago; aren’t I quite the jet-setter these days!) and I’m realizing there’s been a major theme to my speaking engagements on this Self-Management…

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in Self-Management for Actors on October 7, 2011 August 14, 2025

Original emailed version = here! BonBlast from the SMFA Seminars TOUR! Hello from Toronto! My first time to Canada and I’ve already experienced toonies, poutine, and huge black squirrels. Favorite thing so far? Working with…

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Is It the Right Time for a Manager?

in The Actors Voice on October 3, 2011 August 14, 2025

Hi, Bonnie. Wow. Next time I talk to David Lawrence XVII, I will thank him for turning me on to HHH. Not only has it been a wonderful experience hearing the wide array of voices…

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in The Actors Voice on October 3, 2011 August 14, 2025

We just finished the first round of casting on the second season of Bite Me for Machinima. I freakin’ love this series and I am so grateful to have been brought back for the second…

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Feedback on Great Expectations

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

Well, Great Expectations got a lot of good feedback. Most of it was like this… I thought your Great Expectations piece was one of the most humane takes on the industry I’ve read ever. I…

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On the Road Again

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

As I write this, I am making lists of things to pack for ten days in three (much colder) cities, doing free SAG Foundation events and conducting Self-Management for Actors Seminars in Chicago, New York,…

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in The Actors Voice on September 19, 2011 August 14, 2025

Hi Bonnie, I hope you are well. I know you are super busy at the moment preparing for Get A-Listed (which I’m very excited about!) but I wondered if I could ask you a quick…

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in The Actors Voice on September 19, 2011 August 14, 2025

A few days ago, I wasn’t sure which of the topics from my ever-handy list of “future columns” would be the one I’d bring together during Emmy Sunday, so I tweeted: Hmm… I haven’t decided…

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The Purpose of Reel Footage

in The Actors Voice on September 12, 2011 August 14, 2025

Hi Bonnie, Your article on Rear View Mirror is dead on. While I have been tempted to do a look around at the competition, I find it can be tiring to dwell on it and…

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Great Expectations

in The Actors Voice on September 12, 2011 August 14, 2025

I’d love to live in a world where expectations are less tied to status. I know, that means I’m pushing against the definition of expectations altogether, but stick with me on this. Someone asks how…

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