Yo, B. I love my agent. I love my new headshots. I HATE the choice from my proofs my agent made for my primary headshot. What do I do? Use whatever I want? Tell my…
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All-Access Pass
Whenever I talk with creatives about dealing with friends and relatives whose opinions about this whole artistic pursuit are less than supportive, I come back around to the same thing: We don’t HAVE TO provide…
Stop Multitasking
I know. It’s a hilarious title for a column written by someone who is quite possibly the queen of taking on a whole bunch o’ things at once and getting it all done well. How…
The Power of the Woo
“Language was invented for one reason: to woo women. And in that endeavor laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.” — NH Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society Okay, so. If you’re me,…
Lurk Then Lead
There’s a concept I’ve talked about *a lot* but never put into its own column (even though it’s a podcast episode, a pin, and a dang Googleable phrase). That’s “Lurk Then Lead.” Here’s the idea…
Cheap, Fast, or Good
There’s this theory that there are three components to any project: price, speed, and quality. You get to pick excellence in TWO of those, but never all three. So, you can hit McDonald’s drivethru and…
Feedback on How to Deal with Criticism
I read in your “How to Deal with Criticism” article where you had three responses to haters and I was concerned. You stated: “There are THREE THINGS I really don’t care about: you, what you…
Gift of Fear
My email address is on my IMDb profile and occasionally I’ll get “fan mail.” What is my responsibility to answer when maybe they’re not just fans but possibly pervs? There’s an older man who has…
Allie Costa: How to Be Yourself While Pretending to Be Someone Else
I was reminded recently that now and then it’s good to get back to basics. Sometimes we get so narrowly focused on specific goals or on targeted benchmarks that we forget the big picture. We…
Thank You for the Age Range Article
Hi Bonnie, Great article for age range re: on-camera and stage work. Voiceover is a different beast, though. I’ve played teens through octogenarians… not to mention some ageless creatures. 😉 And of course gender, race,…