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…
Posts tagged casting
How to Get into the Room
So, last week was all about being “room ready” and this week we’ll tackle the follow-up question that I knew would come from many readers (and it did), “Yeah. I’m ready. But I can’t even…
The Work: Ep. 0317 — Bite Me and Charisma
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0317 of The Work. Download Here! Bite Me and Charisma: Bonnie Gillespie shares the story of how relationship and resumé got her a shot at casting Bite Me,…
Refinements to Interviewing Your Bookings
So, last week’s column on Interviewing Your Bookings was one that generated a lot of gratitude (you’re welcome) and a lot of follow-up questions (here come the answers). Rather than pulling any of the specific…
Interview Your Bookings
I hinted at this exercise in the very first edition of Self-Management for Actors ten years ago. I call this exercise homework for my SMFA Brand Blitz. And I talked about this exercise on March…
All the Way to the Bank
I was at lunch with an actor friend when one of those alerts came over his phone for a casting that matched his online profile. He opened the message and followed the link to the…
Does a Canadian Actor Need a Showfax Account?
Hey, b, I didn’t know if this is appropriate for the Get A-Listed board or where it might go :), but I’m trying to figure out what the difference is between Showfax and Actors Access….
Self-Taped Audition Tips Review
Bonnie, great column last week. I agree that we, as actors, must become more comfortable self-submitting taped auditions much like we submit other materials online. I would suggest another problem with getting actors to submit…
Online Submission: Order of Operations
Last week, I put out a breakdown for a series of very cool industrial vids for the doctor on whose method the hit show Lie to Me is based. This is gonna be awesome, because…
How Close You Came
The webseries I cast for Machinima and Epic Level Entertainment a few months back premiered Friday. It’s called Bite Me and I’d love for you to check it out. New eps Fridays for the rest…