Last week I had the honor of moderating a kid actor panel discussion put on for the Conversations series by the SAG Foundation. I always love moderating panel discussions or hosting one-on-one interviews for the…
Feedback on Actor With Low Self-Worth
Last week’s column and Your Turn both generated quite a bit of email. Here’s a sampling. Bonnie, Your columns this week were so fun to read, and your response to Sandra was so right on….
Traffic Jams
I heard an analogy recently that I thought works really well to describe the pursuit of an acting career. Consider the pursuit of your acting career as doing time in traffic. Here in LA, for…
Actor With Low Self-Worth
Hello Bonnie, My name is Sandra. I am a local actress here in Orlando, Florida. I have loved acting since I was 13 years old. Due to unfortunate circumstances and life I was unable to…
Confidence
I recently saw an actor performing comedy in such a screamingly brilliant way that I was moved to tears. I was so impressed with this actor’s work that I approached him after and gave him…
Why Didn’t I Get a Callback?
Hi Bonnie, I have been reading your column for some time now and I also am also a MySpace friend, however I never took the time to write to you and let you know how…
A Thank You from an Actor’s Mother
Dear Bonnie, I just want to thank you for your article on theatre and Theatre of Note’s He Asked for It. My daughter Rebecca Sigl is in the show and I saw the production two…
Networking as “Yes, and…”
Yesterday I was speaking with a group of actors about the torture that is networking. Of course, I don’t see networking as torture. I see it as something I used to be bad at and…
Kid Actor Not Getting Called In, Needs Coaching
Hi Bonnie, I just read your May 19th article where Stephanie asked about not getting any calls from Actors Access despite the amount of times she has submitted herself, well I feel the same way….