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Thank You for Permission to Leave Facebook

in The Actors Voice Unplugging on August 24, 2015 March 27, 2022

Hi Bonnie! Thank you for what you said in the Blab a week ago with Daniel and Phil! When you said that someone mysterious *shouldn’t* be found all over the Internet, it somehow liberated me…

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Stoppers

in The Actors Voice on May 18, 2015 August 15, 2024

As actors everywhere are taking meetings with target agents and managers before we roll into episodic season, I’m hearing a lot of the reasons that actors are getting told NO. “You’re nonunion.” “You’re too old.”…

Split Focus

in The Actors Voice on April 6, 2015 January 13, 2019

This week’s column is a follow-up to last week’s column. Last week, the topic was how to set binary focus to achieve goals. This week, it’s an exploration of the ways in which split focus…

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Matter

in The Actors Voice on October 27, 2014 January 13, 2019

I encounter a lot of actors who are mired in what I call “actor busy work.” It’s stuff that, on the surface, looks like it will help move their careers along, but when it’s really…

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Small Minds = Small Careers

in The Actors Voice on August 4, 2014 January 14, 2019

Pardon the Upworthy-style headline, but daily I am seeing headlines like “10 Reasons You Suck As an Actor” followed by subtitles like, “and you won’t believe what happened next!” as bait to get people to…

Don’t Obsess about Metrics

in The Actors Voice on July 21, 2014 January 14, 2019

Helloooooooo Bonnaroo! I would love to share with your readers this FREE tool (for five emails daily) to track opens. I think this is a great way to find out which casting directors, agents, etc.,…

David Harper: A Scientific Approach to Success in Hollywood

in The Actors Voice on July 1, 2013 January 12, 2019

David Harper, a recent transplant to Los Angeles, has a fabulous, sardonic sense of humor. But he’s also very smart. He knows that often, what stands in our way as we claim we want to…

Simplify

in The Actors Voice on June 4, 2012 January 15, 2019

I’ve noticed a theme in my conversations with actor friends lately. Heck, it’s something that’s happening in my life these days too. We’re simplifying. Minimizing. Unsubscribing from a thousand email newsletters. Closing off accounts at…

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Age and IMDb

in The Actors Voice on October 31, 2011 January 13, 2019

I had another column topic all laid out, outlined, ready to dive in, and then the posts kept coming, the emails kept coming, the social conversations at industry events kept turning toward the only thing…

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Personality Slates: Worth Having on a Demo Reel?

in The Actors Voice on September 5, 2011 January 13, 2020

Hi Bonnie! I totally loved your workshop at the SAG Conservatory intensive in July, and learned so much! I wish I had asked this question: Do you have any advice on “personality slating”? What kind…

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