Hello from New York, you beautiful people! My five-week world tour is underway and I mean it when I say *world* tour, y’all. For two solid weeks I’ll be totally off the grid! But first……
Posts tagged mind of the buyer
Actors… Adjust Your Focus!
Hello you beautiful creatives! Today’s BonBlast comes with a visual. Be sure to marvel at my artistic prowess. First up, the typical actor POV. “I’m over here, smiling. I see that casting director over there….
Five Kinds of Buyers
Hello and happy BonBlast day! 🙂 Hope you’re thriving as always. Today we’re gonna chat about five kinds of buyers. We all have them. These are your casting directors, agents and managers, producers, directors, writers,…
Your Confidence FTW
Hello from Chicago! Y’all know I’ve often said that casting is a list of problems and the actors who look like solutions get the parts. In fact, all of PRODUCTION is a list of problems…
The Work: Ep. 0919 — KLT (Know Like Trust)
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0919 of The Work. Download Here! KLT (Know Like Trust): Bonnie Gillespie explains how actors can amp up the KLT factor to build a castable brand without ever…
The Work: Ep. 0918 — Never Assign Motives to Other People’s Actions
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0918 of The Work. Download Here! Never Assign Motives to Other People’s Actions: We’re sensitive critters, artists and storytellers. But it’s never personal in show BUSINESS! Our ability…
“I don’t know much, but I know THIS!”
So number 37 in 472 lessons from this most recent trip to New York comes from the guy who booked my car to JFK on Wednesday. See, I had experienced a less-than-awesome trip from EWR…
Audition Landmines
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve noticed lately everyone’s just feeling a little *extra* from time to time. Sure, it’s the final week of Mercury retroGRACE, it’s disasters in the world — natural…
Are You Living in the Past?
One of the biggest A-HA moments I can help give actors and other creative storytellers is about one of the most frustrating things I see going on out there. Living in the past. It’s ridiculously…
The Work: Ep. 0906 — Going Fishing
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0906 of The Work. Download Here! Going Fishing: You’ve seen famous actors’ names in breakdowns. Sometimes, we’re not just looking for a particular type of actor; we’re going…