I’m writing this week’s column from Toronto (I wrote last week’s from Chicago; aren’t I quite the jet-setter these days!) and I’m realizing there’s been a major theme to my speaking engagements on this Self-Management…
Posts tagged what you control
Competition
Are you competitive? I used to call myself competitive. I can play cards or word games or board games or any other games of the mind for hours on end (I would rock on Big…
Beams and Screens
I’ve been saying for years (and I’m not the only one) that what we currently know as a combination of TV, web-based content, and VOD is evolving into nothing more than “beams and screens.” It…
Coming Back After a Break
Hi Bonnie, This is the first time I’m writing to you but I’ve been reading your column for a while. I am revamping my site and wondering how to go about dealing with a major…
Connect the Dots
I find it so interesting to track certain “landmark days” in my life. Y’know the days, right? When you look back at major positive shifts, you are able to trace them to a common event…
So Happy Together
Me and you and you and me No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be The only one for me is you, and you for me So happy together Relationships are tricky,…
The Thin Line
We were talking in class a couple of weeks ago about the thinnest line artists face, when we choose a career in this town, rather than in some city where it’s not referred to as…
Acting vs. Exacting
At a SAG Foundation Casting Access Project workshop last week, I started a sentence and then stopped, realizing it was effin’ brilliant. I said, “Y’all, tweet this. It’s gold.” And then I said it: “Never…
Environment
“I get out and hustle because nobody’s casting anything in my living room.” — Stephon Fuller I think about this quote all the time. Actors all over the world pursue their acting careers from their…