Hi Bonnie! I’m a long-time fan, love your book, love your column. Thank you for all of your giving back. Can I ask your advice? I’m early 30s actress in LA — type is professional…
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Two Filters
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…
Your Youness
Do you celebrate your youness? You know, that stuff that makes you uniquely you. Or do you show up for an audition and immediately start angling, based on what you think they’re looking for? One…
Help Me Get Traffic Online
Hi Bonnie, I took one of your classes in LA when I lived there and have followed some of your online articles on acting. I started my own cooking show and blog this past year…
The Right Store
In previous columns, I’ve used shopping analogies to explain the casting process. (See: How Casting Is Like Shopping, Shopping for Cereal, and Don’t Go Changin’, specifically.) Well, recently I was emailing with an actor who…
That’s So On-Brand
I was having a conversation with some actors about branding (as I often do) and we got around to the part where someone says that he knows at least a hundred actors who do very…
Specializing
I’ve been seeing a bunch of tweets and posts lately about Robert A. Heinlein’s 1973 quote from Time Enough for Love that ends, “specialization is for insects.” Actors in particular are loving this quote, because…
Effortless
I’m fortunate enough to spend a few hours each week with some of the finest people on the planet. Mostly actors, but also a few producers, directors, writers, coaches, publicists, casting assistants, agents’ assistants, hyphenates….
Stretch vs. Focus
When you’re working on your craft, you’re stretching. Your goal is to push to the outer edges of your abilities, move through your comfort zone and into a place where it’s a little terrifying to…
But Famous Actors Don’t Need to Worry about Branding!
Hi again Bon! I just read all of your columns regarding type and branding. Like most actors, I am resistant toward pigeon-holing myself but I just took the comedy intensive at Lesly Kahn’s and they…