There are numerous factors that will dictate how much your agent can or will be able to do for you at any given time. The status quo of your résumé, the extent of the access, or clout that your agency has, as well as the specific demographic in terms of your age range and physicality are all factors that can dictate how much audition activity an actor gets from an agent. And even within the framework I just described, there are shades of gray. For example, you may have a very light résumé, but have just come out of a top tier acting training program and have been picked up by a major agency. Often these agencies get you seen for huge roles in major projects in all areas. Doesn’t mean you’ll be cast at this level, but it is possible to get seen, and it happens every year to at least some of the students at the schools where I teach.
Obviously, only a small percentage of actors are in the category I just described, so for today I’ll talk about a more common syndrome: a young actor who has good training (although not from a major school), has a light résumé, and an agent with a respectable degree of access.
In the “old days” it was easier to gauge, to some
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