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Feedback on The New Business Model

in The Actors Voice on April 21, 2008 August 14, 2025

This week’s Your Turn is just a quick, “Yes, and,” regarding last week’s The New Business Model (and a reminder that I’m still looking for help in compiling information from Canadian actors working in the…

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I Think I Want to Be an Actor

in The Actors Voice on April 21, 2008 August 14, 2025

Every now and then, I get an email like this one: Dear Bonnie, I hope I am not wasting your time by sending you this email. If I do then I am terribly sorry. I…

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Work Visa and the Canadian Actor

in The Actors Voice on April 14, 2008 August 14, 2025

Hi, Bonnie, Thank you so much for all your articles on Actors Access and for your input on the Reel Deel on the Virtual Channel Network. I can’t tell you how much I not only…

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The New Business Model

in The Actors Voice on April 14, 2008 August 14, 2025

I was running late to a meeting on Monday and that turned out to be a great thing. Now, don’t get me wrong. I think being late is about one of the most disrespectful (and…

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Feedback on Anticipation

in The Actors Voice on April 7, 2008 August 14, 2025

Got lots of feedback on last week’s column on Anticipation. So, here’s a good bit of it! 🙂 Enjoy! Dear Bonnie, So, I get your updates and I still love that you put so much…

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Take a Big Risk

in The Actors Voice on April 7, 2008 August 14, 2025

Some of the greatest performances I’ve seen recently have involved an actor taking a big risk. Putting aside all of the prep work that centered around plans and strategic choices, pushing down all of the…

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Eff the Net!

in Funnies on April 4, 2008 August 14, 2025

Oh, okay. NOW I get it. So, I had been asking dearest besties why it is I’m so angry lately. (It’s really flippin’ annoying. I’ve been a big-ass ball of rage for about two months…

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Quit Changing Things Up. Be Patient.

in The Actors Voice on March 31, 2008 August 14, 2025

Hi Bonnie, I’m a graduate of UC Irvine (MFA ’06) and I have had the pleasure of meeting you and hearing you speak several times at the UCI Showcases (’05-’07). I love your articles and…

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Anticipation

in The Actors Voice on March 31, 2008 August 14, 2025

One of the hardest things for actors to do, it seems, is savor the moment. There is always this sense of, “Ooh, things are going to be so great when…” where actors are concerned. (Heck,…

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Actors Sharing Their Victories

in The Actors Voice on March 24, 2008 August 14, 2025

Every now and then, I’ll take a look through my “flagged” emails and notice a trend. Sometimes, that trend is “beginners looking for advice on first steps.” Sometimes, it’s “actors who have lost their way…

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