This week’s Your Turn is a quick request for help on a future column. Later this month, I’m going to be doing a piece called “What We Learned in 2008.” I’d like to focus on,…
What If vs. What Is
Since much of what an actor does every day is centered around the “what if” of portraying a character, the balance between “what if” and “what is” is probably much more difficult to achieve than…
Feedback on Actor Who Hates Pre-Preread Concept
Last week’s Your Turn is the focus of this week’s Your Turn. Lots of emails in response to the working actor who found the Pre-Preread concept offensive. Here are a few. Bonnie, I just read…
Always Take the Meeting
One thing I always say, when actors email or ask me at speaking engagements whether they should meet with this agent or that manager, is: “Always take the meeting.” Yes, there is a certain amount…
Pre-Prereads Are Anti-Actor
Bonnie, I just read your “Pre-Preread” article. You should be embarrassed. I am a professional actor, not the wannabes that idolize you as their guru. Your “Pre-Preread” is SO anti-actor it is nauseating. You have…
Casting Is…
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the CSA Artios Awards ceremony as a guest of SAG. It was awesome. One of the employees of SAG with whom I shared a table (and pre-show…
Thank You for The Gift
Bonnie, I just had to thank you so much for your recent Actors Voice entry called “The Gift.” I’ve been struggling recently with a TV comedy class in which the casting director has been trying…
Wait for It
This week, I’m gonna talk to you about actor David Rees Snell. Heard of him? If you’re a fan of The Shield, then yeah, you have. But otherwise, maybe his name doesn’t ring a bell….
More Taped Audition Tips
So, last week we talked about Taped Audition Tips (a follow-up to the Pre-Prereads column) and I asked y’all to write in with some suggestions about at-home set-ups for taping auditions. Still hoping some more…
