Thank you for joining us for Episode 0810 of The Work. Download Here! Interview with Tamika Simpkins: Actor Tamika Simpkins takes us to church about interning in a casting office, building a support network to…
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The Work: Ep. 0517 — Laying the Groundwork for a Show Bible
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0517 of The Work. Laying the Groundwork for a Show Bible: Listener email! Bonnie Gillespie answers a young actor’s question about how to take full advantage of the…
Interning is NOT Illegal in Hollywood
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)…
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…