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Posts tagged moving to la
Get Ready for LA
I keep promising myself I’m going to write the dang “how to prep for a move to LA” column and I keep not doing it, because the task is somewhat overwhelming. I mean, the easiest…
When Is It the Right Time to Move to LA?
Hi Bonnie, It’s been a while since I’ve had anything to ask you, but I figured you would be a good person to ask now that you’re somewhat familiar with me and my work. As…
Lessons from Australia
Okay, so you’ll recall from last week’s column that I had the awesome opportunity to teach in Sydney for the last half of November. Rockstar. Really dang cool. I went over with fellow casting directors…
How Can I Prep for My Move to LA?
Hi Bonnie, I didn’t get to write as much as I’d like to in the “short personal message” option when I added you on Facebook so I’ll let ya know now. I was in LA…
Big Fish, Little Fish
A couple of weeks ago, a director whose amazing film I cast contacted me to let me know we’d been invited to two festivals. The big, fancy one and the small, sweet one. We’d have…
NY? LA? Somewhere Else?
Last week I spoke to a group of actors from NYU who were here as a part of a six-week program held at the Stella Adler Studios with Ron Burrus. One of my first questions…
Kids in Showbiz II
Last week, in the first Kids in Showbiz column, we looked at The Basics, Classes, Type, Headshots, Resumés, Postcards, Demo Reels, and Websites for kid actors. Phew! That was a long column, eh? Have you…
When to Move to Los Angeles
As a SAG actor planning to move to LA in January of 2008 from Chicago, do you think it would be wise to wait until most or all of the strike situation has reached a…
The First Thing an Actor Should Do in LA
Over the course of the next few months, I’m going to be bringing some of the chapters from my first book — Casting Qs: A Collection of Casting Director Interviews — here to The Actors…