There’s that whole saying: “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” I never really liked that saying all that much because — even if I love what I…
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Six Weeks To LA (6W2LA) Scholarship Contest!
All right, lovelies. It’s finally time for me to reveal the details of our SIX WEEKS TO LA Scholarship Contest for 2016!! Hooray! Here… a vid with all the how-to [Bonnie Gillespie’s 6W2LA Scholarship Contest]:…
I Have No Damn Bucket List
In a recent flip-through of my Emmy Magazine, I read this little nugget in an interview with Oprah Winfrey: Is there anything on your bucket list that you haven’t accomplished? I don’t have a bucket…
Working on My New Book by Working in the Kitchen
So, y’all already know I don’t cook. Hell, I burn water. Or at least that’s the story I’ve always told. Because if I’m not immediately ridiculously successful at something, I might as well call myself…
I Want You to Meet My Friend Bree
This is powerful. And personal. (And, yes, woo-woo.) In 2011, I was going through some stuff. I was evolving my beloved business after having built up our LA-based classes to three times per week (three…
Two Questions About Feelings
I’ve noticed a trend in my life lately. I’m entering into my favorite establishments (Juice Served Here, Burke Williams, etc.) and explaining how I want to feel, first and foremost. I’m not making a list…
Celebrating the Wrong
This post is gonna have a lot of awesome family photos. Well… one specific photo, recreated in some form or fashion every year. Click any thumbnail to enbiggen. My glorious stepson Quinn has been doing…
Tony Robbins’ 6 Human Needs
In March of 2013 — fresh off my life’s first major surgery — I sat in the speakers’ lounge at SXSW and checked my email. One of my Self-Management for Actors students offered me tuition…
Never Less Push, Only Different Push
The other day, one of the glorious SMFA Ninjas typed the words: I have so many new lessons and approaches on my plate since meeting you. I’m amped to see my time be spent on…
It’s Not about Hustle; It’s about Aligned Hustle
A theme has been emerging in my Self-Management for Actors mastermind groups lately. Doesn’t matter if it’s an actor, a writer, a producer, a director, a fellow casting director, or a creative entrepreneur in the…