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…
Feedback on Great Expectations
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…
On the Road Again
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,…
Seeking Harold Guskin
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…
Actor Trade Shows
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…
The Purpose of Reel Footage
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…
Great Expectations
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…
BonBlast: Perspective… How Far You GOT :)
Original emailed version = here! Perspective… SHINING Have you seen the classic “horror masterpiece” that brought Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, and Jack Nicholson together with REDRUM and more disturbing images than we’d like to recall?…
Personality Slates: Worth Having on a Demo Reel?
Hi Bonnie! I totally loved your workshop at the SAG Conservatory intensive in July, and learned so much! I wish I had asked this question: Do you have any advice on “personality slating”? What kind…
Rear-View Mirror
“To compare is to despair.” The first time I heard that age-old phrase was a little over a year ago, when Jack Plotnick said it at a taping for Your Actor MBA. Colleen Wainwright followed…