Thursday, April 12, 2012

Making yourself "agent friendly"

One of the topics that discussed in my book SO YOU WANNA BE A NEW YORK ACTOR? is, of course, how to get an agent. My co-author Josselyne Herman-Saccio of Josselyne Herman and Associates Talent Management (and not coincidentally, my manager) was interviewed this week by Backstage on just that topic:


The way to get an agent is to become what I call "agent friendly," and there are a number of steps you should take to get there.

First, have your materials in order. Your photo, resume, and website should look great. Then you need to get to know casting directors. I've found the best way to do that is through the casting director workshops. (In New York, there's either One on One, Actors Connection, or the Green Room.)

Get the casting directors to love you and call you in, because they will -- they want to find new talent -- with or without an agent. Then after you have about 10 CDs who are your fans, you can go to an agency and say, "The following casting directors are familiar with my work." So to an agent, it doesn't look like you're starting from nothing. You will have done the groundwork, and there are CDs they can call and ask, "Do you like this person? Do you think they are worth signing?"
- Josselyne Herman-Saccio


Here's the link to entire article, where she also cover a few more important topics.

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