Hi Bonnie. I’m a huge fan of your column! Your work is fantastic! You asked for suggestions for your series on young actors, and since young actors are my specialty I thought I’d pipe in….
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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…
Kids in Showbiz
Welcome to our year-end three-part series on issues specific to young actors! Thank you, readers, for having written in with so many great topic ideas. Over the next three weeks, I hope to get to…
Any Issues Specific to Kid Actors?
Pretty regularly, I get an email like this one: I just read your column on [topic]. Great info. Thanks. My question is about how that information applies to child actors. My little one is in…
Why Casting Isn’t Personal
I had lunch with a family of friends a few weeks ago. Two of the kids are actors. The mom told this wonderful story about how she explained casting to her the oldest of the…
The Other Costs of Acting
This week’s column is a follow-up to The Costs of Acting (the new record-holder for my longest column ever) and it will focus on the non-monetary expenses you can expect, in choosing a career as…
The Costs of Acting
When looking over the many emails I received about my On The Set column, I noticed a few actors requesting more articles in the “how it really is” spirit of things. One of the things…
More Questions about Agents and Managers
Well, the hits just keep on comin’! You have plenty of agent and manager related questions. Here are a few more, with some more answers! My question is specific to kids’ management contracts. I’ve heard…
Frustration Over Kid Actor Height Issue
Okay, Bonnie, I love your columns, but I think you may have missed the point of one of the gripes you featured in last week’s edition. A parent had expressed frustration at CDs who don’t…
Child Actor Crossing Over from Commercial to Theatrical Work
I have a seven year old who started in the business four years ago. In the last year and a half she’s really hit her stride. She has booked six commercials, two voiceovers, and one…