Self-Management for Actors by Bonnie Gillespie

Become your future agent's dream client... before you've even met! Self-Management for Actors is Hollywood Grad School--in book form! TWEETS: 2009-April 2023

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#SMFAninjas -- it's not about overturning a system. It's about mastering one: your OWN. Your path — like you — is unique. -- p. 15

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That’s all folks! We’ve had a great run here on Twitter and we hope to connect with y’all elsewhere. Thanks for everything! https://t.co/fbbcTMKuqD

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Imagine what you'll accomplish after just a few months of staying disciplined with your actor business plan. -- p. 101 https://t.co/YDGVVx17Rr

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Find work that fulfills you and inspires you to follow your true passion, while never resenting that "survival job" you have. --p. 303
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Self-Promotion: The most important element of all this type of work is that everything be ridiculously on-brand, in service of where you're headed. - p.269
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Why is self-producing so important? It's the only *true* shortcut in this industry. Show the industry what you're capable of. - p.251
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You look like a booker in self-taped auditions the same way you look like a booker in the room. Your confidence will shine. -p. 235
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#Brandprov is the ability to improvise on-brand. Are you practicing? - @BonnieGillespie
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Don't try to impress anyone. You're not being asked for a meeting because you *aren't* what we're looking for. --p. 281
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Your Bio & Cover Letter: Actors get drawn in by wild ideas and decide to try them and they forget the punchline: Stunts don't work! --p. 155
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Shorter is better. No one has ever read a bio or cover letter and thought, "Wow. I sure wish this were longer." -- p.152
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Have a personal LOGLINE! This is so helpful when someone asks how to cast you *and* on your website, etc. --p.286
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Your web presence is out there working for you *all the time.* Take care to make sure it's doing the job you WANT it to do. -- p. 162
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There's nothing so sweet as a new IMDb entry for @BonnieGillespie – a special thanks from YOU, creating your own content! https://t.co/806qVHEDPC #CreatingTheHollywoodWeWant

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Rep targeting: Use this method to align with the right rep for your next tier, then use it again when you're looking to leap higher. - p.168
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This is how you get on the radar before the moment the breakdown goes out, & not in the creepy, "I'm an actor, please cast me" kind of way. --p. 95
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Web of Trust: Every booking comes from a relationship. Period. Discouraging information? It shouldn't be. -- p. 61
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Your reel is not a retrospective of everything you've ever done on camera; it's the story of how to cast you next. -- p. 141
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Ready to have the most rockstar resume of your career? It's time to do a little resume feng shui. p123
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Best thing you can do for your headshots is to be comfortable in your own skin during the shoot; be fully who you are; stay present despite distractions. - p.116
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