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]:…
Posts tagged what you control
Actors: Social Media and Stoppers
Ah, actors. I love y’all. You are smart and creative and clever and you’ve got a shitton of hustle. Unfortunately, someone has taken your natural inclination to look for what might give you “the edge”…
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…
No Role? No Opinion.
Ah… I love it when a pattern emerges. At this weekend’s amazing SMFA Retreat in Los Angeles, it was clear that a lot of actors have been told a lot of things about what they…
Are Reps Starting to Play Small?
I have a concern about agents and managers. It comes from a disturbing trend I keep hearing about. Agents and managers are providing their clients with a list of CD workshops the actors must hit,…
A CD Workshop Caution for My NY SMFA Ninjas
This post is a caution to my beloved New York-based Self-Management for Actors Ninjas and their friends. And a call-to-action for the leaders among workshop facility owners there. As y’all know, the casting director workshop…
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…
Why Knowing Your Brand Is So Important
On Monday, we auditioned 75 actors of the hundreds who submitted to be a part of our 2016 Cricket Feet Showcase. On Tuesday, we welcomed our CAST (check ’em out here). We cast exactly backwards…
Less Judgment; More Appreciation!
I keep a journal. I have since the age of 8. I’m not consistent with it. It’s taken on many forms in all these years. But I always have some notebook in which I’m writing…