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…
Unconditional Love
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…
Feedback on Plastic Surgery
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…
Physical Choices
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…
Feedback on Age and IMDb
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…
Plastic Surgery
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 —…
BonBlast: The Modern Vision Board
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…
Self-Taped Audition Tips Review
Bonnie, great column last week. I agree that we, as actors, must become more comfortable self-submitting taped auditions much like we submit other materials online. I would suggest another problem with getting actors to submit…
Age and IMDb
I had another column topic all laid out, outlined, ready to dive in, and then the posts kept coming, the emails kept coming, the social conversations at industry events kept turning toward the only thing…