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…
Feedback from the Parent of an Actor
Hello Bonnie, Just read something you wrote back in 2009 called “Dichotomy Required” sent to me by my son Bryan McClure who is an aspiring actor living in LA. It really struck me as a…
Your Youness
Do you celebrate your youness? You know, that stuff that makes you uniquely you. Or do you show up for an audition and immediately start angling, based on what you think they’re looking for? One…
Motivation
I’m tired. I’m overworked. I’m launching a new business that is, frankly, exhausting me. I’m scared. I’m deep in my resistance. But I had a dream in the wee hours that has been my motivation…
Refining Our Pickers
Bonnie, I love your articles. Hero of the Moment in particular really hit the nail on the head, and I just had this happen to me two days ago! I had a hotshot in London…
Civilian Friends
I’ve mentioned before that a book I read in 1992 — How to Make It in Hollywood — made quite an impact on me, prior to my move to Los Angeles. In it, author Linda…
BonBlast: Self-Taping = Booking! :) Yay!
Original emailed version = here! Are you Thinkin’ Lincoln? The most effective–and simplest–savings plan I’ve ever tried came from money guru Tim Dunigan, back when he was a guest on Your Actor MBA. Click below…
Feedback on Competition
This week’s Your Turn is all about responses to last week’s column on Competition, written especially for my readers! First, a short and adorable email I received from Bethany Kay. Hi there, Just wanted to…