It is said that the entertainment business is all about relationships: Relationships between an actor and a director, between casting and producers, between agents and casting, and perhaps the most precarious of relationships, that between actors and their agents.
As a talent manager, I have a much closer relationship with my clients than an agent would. My job is to help my clients manage their careers by making the choices that are right for each of them. Each person has their own path; my job is to help them to find the right one.
An agent’s job is much more straightforward: to find their clients work. Agents are paid a commission on the work they find or negotiate, so it behooves them to keep as many of their clients working as possible. But agents often have a hundred or more clients, so the question for many actors is: How do I get an agent, make sure they’re submitting me for the right projects, and keep that agent?
In all three instances, the answer all comes down to communication.
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