I’ll never forget asking an app developer friend of mine whose offering was more successful than he had ever dreamed it would be, what it is he’d do differently, next time, since his lack of…
Thoughts on Vulture’s Recent Article about Casting Directors?
Dear Bonnie, Thank you for your awesome weekly column and your amazing book which I read like the Bible! Vulture just published a thorough article on casting directors, and I would love to get your…
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
Didja ever meet a hotshot producer, talking big talk about his indie film, dropping names and getting you all excited about what’s to come, and then he hands you a business card… with a Vista…
Thank You SMFA4 Backers!
Y’all, wow. Our campaign to keep Self-Management for Actors IN PRINT for its awesome 4th edition is in its final days. (This post will continue to be updated, so please check back!) Thank you for…
Film Courage Q&A about SMFA4
Hey y’all! The good folks at Film Courage have encouraged me to share the text of our recent Q&A here, while they get their site de-glitched. Thank you, Karen and David, for this awesome exchange…
Actors: Careful with Your Social Networking
Hi Bonnie, Although I’m not teaching acting and voice any longer, I have a Facebook group for my former students so we can keep in touch and they can help each other out too (sublets,…
Buzz Beats Butts
I was in a session with a private coaching client recently and said the words “buzz beats butts” and immediately jotted that phrase down, as you KNOW I love alliteration, especially when it drives the…
SMFA4: I Got It
Okay, so I’m in Day Three of my writer’s retreat. I steal off to the desert whenever I have a huge “to do” and need to turn off LA for a while. I also come…
Thank You from an On-Brand Actor
Bonjour Bonnie, Good Lord Gonzo, you are positively hilarious, woman! Thanks again for calling me in the other week on The Beauty in the Broken. Even though I can’t believe they found anybody MORE INSANE…
Who’s in Your Way?
I’ll never forget reading Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art and realizing I had been very successful… while standing in my way at every major turn. I wrote about that realization and talked about how…