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

I’ve been seeing a bunch of tweets and posts lately about Robert A. Heinlein’s 1973 quote from Time Enough for Love that ends, “specialization is for insects.” Actors in particular are loving this quote, because…

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Who Inspires Derek Houck? Katherine Browning!

in The Actors Voice on January 31, 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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Entering the Cage

in The Actors Voice on January 31, 2011 August 14, 2025

One of my favorite things to do is something I’ve had the opportunity to do quite a bit already in 2011: Take in fantastic talent; observe wonderful performances; watch people living their dreams; and then…

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Wear the Same Thing to Callbacks?

in The Actors Voice on January 24, 2011 August 14, 2025

Hi Bonnie, Thanks again to you, Robert, and Candice for running the sessions so smoothly for the Paul Ekman industrial auditions and callbacks. It was a treat to be there. Thinking about my auditions, I…

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in The Actors Voice on January 24, 2011 August 14, 2025

“I get out and hustle because nobody’s casting anything in my living room.” — Stephon Fuller I think about this quote all the time. Actors all over the world pursue their acting careers from their…

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Body-Conscious Photos in Submissions?

in The Actors Voice on January 17, 2011 August 14, 2025

Hi Bonnie, and Happy New Year! 🙂 A friend and I were having a discussion about submissions on LA Casting and Actors Access, and I thought you would be a good person to confer with…

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We Love Y’all

in The Actors Voice on January 17, 2011 August 14, 2025

I actually rolled out offer calls on Saturday. Yup. I was so excited to get the “yes list” from producers on this project I’m casting that I didn’t want actors to wait. Okay, okay, maybe…

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Ben Blair: How a Tweet Can Lead to a Meet

in The Actors Voice on January 15, 2011 August 14, 2025

I’ve written about

Ah, Facebook

in Unplugging on January 11, 2011 August 14, 2025

So, I’ve now been a streamlined user of the Facebook for several weeks. From 4985 friends to 372. Up another 800 fans at the fan page. No regrets. Life is good. I feel free to…

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Targeting Agents: How?

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

Hey Bonnie, Love the column. I just started reading it recently, and I have already worked my way backwards a couple years. Awesome stuff. So, here’s a question that I couldn’t find the answer to:…

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