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How Can I Get Feedback for My Child, the Actor?

in The Actors Voice on August 10, 2009 August 14, 2025

Hi Bonnie, I have four children who all have done jobs here in Hollywood. I think you may have even seen two of my children on auditions. Do you ever evaluate children? We go to…

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in The Actors Voice on August 10, 2009 August 14, 2025

So, last month, I received the following question as a Your Turn: Hey Bon, I heard you about the self-producing thing. So I got a group of my talented friends together and we produced a…

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Casting Dream Come True

in Cricket Feet Casting on August 4, 2009 August 14, 2025

So, you do this job you love and you have a lot of fun with it. You blog about the awesome moments that come when you get to “see the title of a film you…

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Can My Headshot Be Wacky?

in The Actors Voice on August 3, 2009 August 14, 2025

Dear Bonnie, Boy do I have a lot of catching up to do! So many posts, so little time. I’ve just started reading your column, and I appreciate all your insight. Now, before I scour…

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Your Second Act

in The Actors Voice on August 3, 2009 August 14, 2025

What’s your second act? You know, that thing you’ll do once you have gotten that first “break” and have shown this town what you’re about. Thinking you can cross that bridge when you get to…

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Awesomeosity in a Bottle

in Mindset on August 2, 2009 August 14, 2025

You know that feeling you sometimes have? That feeling of, “I freakin’ ROCK!” I love that feeling. I wish it came over me more often. Because when it does, I cannot be stopped. I am…

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Feedback on Time Management

in The Actors Voice on July 27, 2009 August 14, 2025

Hey Bon, Wow. What a great article this week! One of my biggest problems (seeing as how I am “in between jobs” right now) is time management. Great ideas and I can’t agree more with…

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Daily Practices

in The Actors Voice on July 27, 2009 September 11, 2025

So, you may recall that a few weeks back Mavis Martin wrote in about my article called Just Get Better. In her email, she talked about daily practices — these techniques she works on every…

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Do You Want to Know When You’re Second Choice?

in The Actors Voice on July 20, 2009 August 14, 2025

Last week, I asked my Twitter followers whether they would want to know when they were second choice in our casting decisions. The overwhelming majority of replies were from actors craving to know they’ve come…

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Time Management

in The Actors Voice on July 20, 2009 August 14, 2025

This was going to be a blog post. Many times, when I am working on a particular issue (with or without actors), an epiphany gurgles up and becomes a blog post at the Spynotebook. But…

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