Last week, I decided to take a few days off and fly up to Portland, Ore., an attractive city where the people are friendly and the food is amazing. It’s a short flight. My friend has a place there so I figured, why not?
When the cab dropped me off at LAX, I was shocked to discover the place was packed. It looked like the day before Thanksgiving. What the hell was going on?
Agents are a curious breed, so I decided to ask around and every single traveler gave me the same answer: They were all actors flying home after spending pilot season in L.A.
To make matters worse, they looked broken, like soldiers leaving a war zone. I felt bad for them because I knew they had made a fatal mistake. You see, L.A. isn’t a place you can visit for a few months and then abandon. You have to commit if you want to get anything in return.
The whole concept of coming to L.A. from January to March hoping to score a pilot is insane—it just doesn’t make sense. And if you don’t already have decent representation here, you might as well stay home and try inventing time travel. Your odds of success are about the same.
First of all, no agent will sign you in January because they just spent the last few months building up
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