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in The Actors Voice on September 14, 2009 August 14, 2025

Hi. I read your column on resumes and I was wondering if you had any referrals for places to have mine done. I have always done it myself but would like someone else to do…

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Professional at Any Level

in The Actors Voice on September 14, 2009 August 14, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, I had a bit of downtime between meetings and — as I’ll usually do anytime I have downtime — I pulled out a pad of paper and a pen and…

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I Shot My Own Reel!

in The Actors Voice on September 7, 2009 August 14, 2025

Hey Bonnie, I’ve been reading your columns for a long time now and most of the time I’ve used your columns as a sort of a checkpoint for my career pursuit. I have to admit…

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Throw It All Away

in The Actors Voice on September 7, 2009 August 14, 2025

“Damn it, Morpheus! Not everyone believes what you believe!” “My beliefs do not require them to.” There are a lot of folks who will tell you there is only one way to do something. I’m…

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Thank You for Helping Me Leap!

in The Actors Voice on August 31, 2009 August 14, 2025

Hey Bonnie! I’ve been debating for a week or so whether or not to write you. Only because I know you are busy and I don’t have a question for you and I don’t have…

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Defining Success

in The Actors Voice on August 31, 2009 August 14, 2025

“Let’s face it. You’re never going to be a household name.” I actually said that to an actor last week. I know. Me. Miss “You Can Be Anything, So Never Limit Yourself” herself. And y’know…

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Actors with Tattoos

in The Actors Voice on August 24, 2009 August 14, 2025

Hey Bonnie! I loved your article that featured my message to you. It was ridiculously helpful and I’m so scared/ecstatic to begin that crazy rollercoaster that is an attempted career in acting. I just wanted…

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What We’re Learning from SPCotW

in The Actors Voice on August 24, 2009 August 14, 2025

Six months ago today, I launched a weekly feature (well, I optimistically called it a “weekly feature,” hoping there would be enough content and enough interest do sustain it as such — and oh, has…

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Squinting in Headshots

in The Actors Voice on August 17, 2009 August 14, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, Josh Michael Keith asked about squinting in his headshots. I had hoped I’d hear from some headshot photographers-slash-readers and — Yay! — I did. I actually received a few great…

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The Revolution

in The Actors Voice on August 17, 2009 August 14, 2025

I’ve said before that I think we’re going to look back on this particular era in the entertainment industry as the start of evolution into a new business model, a time of plenty for those…

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