A good agent will do everything. You just turn up and be amazing. They’ll argue your fee, ensure your payment, send you itineraries, organise your post and your life.
For those of you without an agent, you’ll need to remember M People’s classic line, “Search for the hero inside yourself”. You can and will be your own agent until you get one. Or perhaps, like Bill Murray, you don’t ever want one? Although remember, that’s how Bill ended up as the voice of Garfield.
Be the actor and the agent. You don’t need another set of clothes or anything, this just means organising yourself, your diary, your payment and solving your own problems. It’s not exactly daunting. Set a couple of hours aside each month to week manage, plan, and do a little admin.
Write it down.You think you’ll remember the advice that lovely casting director gave, which cafe you were having that important meeting at or which script was for Friday and which for Tuesday. Guess what? You won’t. Keep a notebook with you at all times or use notes on your phone. Keep a to-do List. If you haven’t started using Google Calendar (or another cloud-based calendar system), then get it and start using it.
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