Every now and then, I do a bit of cleaning up of the casting files. Not the tens of thousands of headshots and postcards (well, I do clean-ups of that stuff too, but usually those…
Actor Resume Questions
One of the major reasons for choosing this week’s column topic (outside of having just done the workshop at SAG) was that my inbox is always bursting with resume-related questions. Here are some of them!…
Resume Feng Shui
Last week I conducted a resume workshop at SAG and the good folks at iActor decided it was filled with such essential information that they taped it and will be distributing it to the SAG…
Feedback on Know Thyself
Bonnie, I just read your article entitled “Know Thyself (But Not TOO Well)” and wanted to share my thoughts on the subject, as it was something I struggled with coming to terms with myself. I…
Actor-Turned-Casting Director
Dear Bonnie, I live in a small market where it’s nearly impossible to make a living as an actor — or in any one phase of this industry. Many people in our market wear different…
Know Thyself (But Not TOO Well)
I was talking with an actor last week about her TYPE. Ah, yes, that dreaded and essential element of an actor’s career: identifying and marketing to her primary type. Well, I wasn’t going to write…
Thank You for the Advice!
Last week, our Your Turn topic was about saying NO when you’re being offered a role but getting a gut-instinct feeling like it might be a bad idea to accept it. We talked about how…
The Spiral
I was talking with one of my besties a couple of weeks ago and we began discussing patterns in lessons we’ve had in our decades in this industry. We noticed that we both — and,…
The Bliss of Flow (AKA: Growing Up Gillespie)
For all of the not-so-goods that came with growing up me, there were a lot of goods too. A lot of really goods. But one of the not-so-goods involved living in a house in which…