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Lessons from Series Regular Auditions

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

Your articles have such great timing in my career! I loved your recent one about not letting small details in the script derail your acting in the audition. I just had my second series regular…

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

There’s a lot of emphasis put on the importance of a great headshot. I regularly get emails from strangers asking for feedback on their headshots (I won’t provide it; I’ve written extensively about what makes…

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Who Inspires Sarah Beth Goer? Emmeline Miles!

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

Last November, I put out a call for awesomeosity and y’all came through with flying colors. Thank you! This was such an inspiring year-end series that I decided to continue to share one “who inspires…

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Change the Headline

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

I was watching an episode of 30 Rock in which some members of the cast became aware that the NBC news division (as all news divisions do) had created obituary packages on them, so they…

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Don’t Rush. Be Prepared!

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

Hey Bonnie, I wrote to you in July in response to one of your Your Turn columns, asking how we would pitch ourselves to an agent. I was pretty long winded, and was so excited…

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Acting vs. Exacting

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

At a SAG Foundation Casting Access Project workshop last week, I started a sentence and then stopped, realizing it was effin’ brilliant. I said, “Y’all, tweet this. It’s gold.” And then I said it: “Never…

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in Mindset on February 20, 2011 August 14, 2025

So, we got a new-used sofa this weekend. Between putting the finishing touches on the production schedule for our first shoot date of the Somebody’s Basement Sketch Comedy Troupe, writing my column for the week,…

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Kid Actor Showcase

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

Hi, My daughter is ten years old. She recently went to a few showcases and was called by several agents and managers to come in for interviews. We are deciding between a manager who will…

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Make It Easy

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

Okay, so now I’m casting a very cool short film for Comedy Central and Atom.com (yes, it’s already been a crazy busy year — indie production flow is BACK on track. Woo hoo!) and as…

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Ignore Character Description and Just Be ME?

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

Bonnie, In regard to your column called “Power Position,” I have a question. If you don’t mind taking a minute to remark or clarify, I’d be grateful. You wrote (and I cut it down, only…

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