Whenever I listen to sports fans, I am intrigued by how much they know about their favorite players, their favorite teams, entire volumes of stats about entire seasons of “the game” they love. I’m no…
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Open Source
Several months ago, a reporter from the LA Times reached out to me as a source on an article she was doing about actors and “that typing thing.” Obviously, I have a lot to say…
Monkey Mind
I love it when something presents itself so many times within a few days that I have no doubt it’ll be my column’s topic for the week. Not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s a…
Feedback on Incorporate
This week’s Your Turn is all about last week’s column: Incorporate. Bonnie, Oh-em-gee. LOVED your articles on the incorporating and receipts. I went off and bought the book you suggested to us in class and…
Incorporate
Every year, I receive thank-you notes from creatives who heard me talk about the value in incorporating, looked into it, did so, and immediately started saving money. Every year, I also hear from folks who…
Get Out There
So, I cast this show called Bite Me and the team did a huge thing at VidCon which attracted over 6000 audience members. It was a screening. Hot. The same team did a smaller thing…
Prepping for an Audition with Medical Jargon
Hi Bonnie, Thanks so much! That’s an awesome idea: my own Character History! Quick question for you: I recently had an audition for an African character who is a nurse! The dialogue was mostly medical…
Smarter Actors
Are actors smarter these days? Or am I just consistently surrounding myself with smarter actors? Y’know what? I don’t even care what the WHY is, on this issue. The truth is, there has definitely been…
Web of Trust
In last week’s Your Turn, I mentioned the Web of Trust, in answering a question about preparing for a pitch. Today, I’d like to share a visual with you, which should really help you map…