I remember hearing an interview with an A-List actor not too long ago. Not sure now who it was or what film was being promoted, but I grabbed a scrap of paper and scrawled (yes,…
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The Big Lies
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…
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…
Rants on Continuity Errors
Well, I knew that The Empty Coffee Cup was a favorite column for me (’cause you know I love to rant), but WOW, did I get a LOT of email about this one! Hee! Seems…
Demo Reels (Revisited)
Last month, I was a judge for the Inaugural Reel Actors Film Festival. I’d long been planning to revisit my two previous columns on demo reels, but the act of sitting down and making notes…
ABCs of Me, Baby
Tried to sleep, woke up cranky, decided to do a long-ago bookmarked meme from Beau, who calls it “slam-book silliness.” Accent: Somewhat Southern, although not always. Booze: Ooh, yes please! Chore I Hate: Vacuuming. Dog…
2005 in Questions
Another one that was such a hit layst year! 1. What did you do in 2005 that you’d never done before? Get married. 2. Did you keep your 2005 resolutions? Will you make more for…
Happy Nonaversary!
Tomorrow is our Nonaversary. Yes, we celebrate the day we didn’t get married, 12 October 2002. It’s always so much fun, since we invented the holiday. First Nonaversary: stay in bed all day and say,…
When to Work for Free
Most artist types work for free. Screenwriters send out spec scripts, painters create non-commissioned masterpieces, poets keep journals filled with brilliance no one may ever see, and actors devote hundreds of hours to character development…