Well, this always makes me nervous but it also almost always turns out to be a good decision. My column was 80% finished and then I came up with a new idea… so I tossed…
Feedback on $99 Film School
I have read yours and Mark’s columns faithfully for a good while now so THANK YOU first of all. I can’t get such helpful advice anywhere else and am always stunned more actors do not…
What about Actors of Color?
Hi Bonnie, I discovered your column recently and have read all of your articles. They’re incredibly informative, and I want to thank you and Showfax for having so much pertinent information in one place (for…
Trust That You’re Enough
My husband and I have a relationship that is built on two fundamental principles. One: Always trust that we each have the other’s best interests at heart (that way, even when we’re fighting, we know…
The Sum of All Years: 36
Best of LA, then BBC Breakfast. 35K weekly hits, then THR pilot. Goodbye Roxbury, hello showcase. Westside happy hours became essential as I did more casting, more writing, more epiphany-filled living. Being “thirty silly” rocks!…
Feedback on Bringing the Kids Along
So, last week’s column on “Bringing the Kids Along” was met with quite a bit of follow-up email. Here are two items I wanted to share. This first one is from Renee Scott, a wonderful…
The First Thing an Actor Should Do in LA
Over the course of the next few months, I’m going to be bringing some of the chapters from my first book — Casting Qs: A Collection of Casting Director Interviews — here to The Actors…
Taped Submissions at Actors Access
This might be a good Your Turn. You know how you put out the breakdown for Another Harvest Moon a while back and it’s not casting [non-names] until August? Well, you know how people with…
Bringing the Kids Along
Ooh, got a great question from a reader recently. What is the best way to handle being a mother in this business? I am currently (and surprisingly!) pregnant, and moving to LA in a year….