Got lots of feedback about “Protect Yourself” from two weeks ago, its follow-up “Your Turn” from last week, and last week’s column on “Starting Late.” Let’s dive in, shall we? Bonnie, Per, “how actors in…
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Extra Work on an Acting Resume
Dear Bonnie Gillespie: I have a question about my acting resume that I’m putting together. I’ve done featured extra work on several high-profile television shows in New York and I’ve had family members and even…
Don’t Leave Your Party
If you’re in this business for more than a minute (heck, if you’re in this LIFE for more than a minute), you’re gonna see friends come and go, you’re gonna have fans love you then…
Watch Your Mouth
I’m back from New York, where I spent another lovely few days working with actors on the principles of Self-Management for Actors, doing events with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, meeting with my Hollywood Happy Hour co-founder,…
How Do I Know If These Breakdowns Are Illegal?
Hello, Bonnie. I found your email on the Showfax site because I had a question. I’m reading your book Self-Management for Actors, and just finished the part where you talk about pirated breakdowns. How would…
The Price of Free
Bonnie, You and I briefly tossed complimentary words around about “Best Laid Plans” and I wanted to drop a quick email to say hi, wish you a happy holiday, and offer my own nerdy cheer…
Extra Work on an Acting Resume?
Hi Bonnie! Recently my friend and I encountered a little discrepancy regarding appropriate billing on a resume. She and I were both extras on a TV show a few months back, and she has listed…
How to Get a Casting Internship
Hello Bonnie! Congrats on your recent and upcoming Self-Management for Actors Seminar tours; you must be beyond excited! I had a question for you and hope you can help. In asking, or offering rather, to…
Age and IMDb
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…
The Right Store
In previous columns, I’ve used shopping analogies to explain the casting process. (See: How Casting Is Like Shopping, Shopping for Cereal, and Don’t Go Changin’, specifically.) Well, recently I was emailing with an actor who…