I want to intern in a casting office but I hear it’s now illegal in Hollywood for me to do so. Can you set the record straight? Happy to. I’ve written (not too long ago)…
Posts tagged interning
Don’t Micromanage Your Agent
I just set up an appointment with my agent for tomorrow at 1pm. I want to propose to him my willingness to come in a few hours a day (for free) to be there to…
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…
Couple o’ Quickies
Hi Bonnie, As always, I look forward every week to eagerly read your column. I agree — casting is like shopping. Right now, I am doing extras casting for a small small indie film and…
How to Become a Casting Director
For those of you who have read my first book, Casting Qs: A Collection of Casting Director Interviews, this will be a rerun. But I realized that in three years of writing The Actors Voice,…
Laying the Groundwork for a Show Bible
Thank you so much for your articles, they have been enormously insightful. Here is my question. I intern at a casting office and have great relationships with everyone there. They are even working to help…
Crappy Reader Syndrome
Another of your least favorite things (according to the emails I received in response to my question: “How Can We Make Your Job Easier?“) is a bad reader. True. Nothing can derail a thoughtfully-prepared audition…
Lesson Number One: Intern
Last week, I spoke to a wonderful group of actors in Brad Lemack’s The Business of Acting class at the LA campus of Boston’s Emerson College. Brad and I both have books out on approaching…
Casting Internship: “No Actors Please”
You mentioned that every actor should take the opportunity to intern in a casting director’s office at some point. However, when I went to EntertaimentCareers.net, I noticed that many of the available internships specifically say…