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Critiques: Your Headshots

in The Actors Voice on March 1, 2010 August 14, 2025

Hey, so here starts the five-week series on Critiques! No, I’m not looking for anything else (well, except for cover letters; I am low on those, comparatively), because you fine folks have inundated me with…

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IMDb Resume Service: Worth It?

in The Actors Voice on February 22, 2010 August 14, 2025

Hi Bonnie, Loving Self-Management for Actors. About halfway through — wow — am I edified or what! I see the business and the industry in a whole new light, seeing it more the way it…

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A Year of SPCotW

in The Actors Voice on February 22, 2010 August 14, 2025

One year ago today, I launched “Self-Produced Clip of the Week” here at The Actors Voice. I continue to be inspired by the clips I’m seeing (both the ones I’m sharing each week and the…

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GSFiSCC: South

in Archive on February 16, 2010 August 14, 2025

What is the Great Southern Food in Southern California Challenge? Click here for the low-down. Want to see reviews of all stops on our tour? Same link. And click on any photo below to enlarge…

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How to Ask for Feedback After an Audition

in The Actors Voice on February 15, 2010 August 14, 2025

What’s a polite way to ask for feedback after an audition, regardless of whether or not you got the role? Lauren Billingsley Ah, great question. The first rule of asking for feedback is: Wait ’til…

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Relationship Over Resume

in The Actors Voice on February 15, 2010 August 14, 2025

A week or so ago, I saw a lovely tweet that inspired me: “I’ve always been a big believer in relationship over resume.” What Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) said during a Film Independent…

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But Famous Actors Don’t Need to Worry about Branding!

in The Actors Voice on February 8, 2010 August 14, 2025

Hi again Bon! I just read all of your columns regarding type and branding. Like most actors, I am resistant toward pigeon-holing myself but I just took the comedy intensive at Lesly Kahn’s and they…

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Get Critiqued!

in The Actors Voice on February 8, 2010 August 14, 2025

This will be a short column. But don’t you dare call me a slacker. I’m asking for more work than you might imagine, in the few words I’m going to put in front of you…

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Feedback on Grace

in The Actors Voice on February 1, 2010 August 14, 2025

Last week’s column on Grace generated not only a lot of email, but a lot of long email. Here are two of my favorites. Bonnie, My dear friend — and one of your biggest admirers…

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Your Path

in The Actors Voice on February 1, 2010 August 14, 2025

I often hear from actors who want to know which steps to take to make it. The question takes all forms, but at the root of it is this flawed premise that there is one,…

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