“The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.” KnowsNextActorsGreat ThingsAgentsCall Me Author:Matthew Lewis
“As an actor sometimes we sit and wait for projects to be handed to us and we don't really work. We expect our agents and managers to know who we are and to see who we are and offer us a part or send us out and submit us.” KnowsSometimesActorsWaitingOffersProjectsAgentsManagersWho We AreSubmit Author:Navid Negahban
“Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.” RealityActorsStageOppositesAgentsSharksMidwestStage Actors Author:Jeremy Piven
“The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.” ReasonFactsArtistActorsAgents Author:Morgan Freeman
“I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives - they're real-estate agents or surfers.” ChildrenDifferentRealActorsGoneFunctionVariousAgentsOccasionsEstatesSurferDifferent LifeChild ActorsEstate Agents Author:Mike Lookinland
“It was not my class of people. There was not a producer, a press agent, a director, an actor.” PeopleFunnyActorsClassStupidDirectorsPressesProducersAgents Author:Zsa Zsa Gabor
“When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to create characters that are so creepy and dysfunctional and human, with this duality that makes people feel empathy for them at the same time. My first thought was 'Was this sent to the right person?' I called my agent. 'Are they sure? Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the wrong person!'” PeopleFeelsFirstsHumansPersonsBookCharacterGirlReadingActorsRealizingHoursAbilityWhiteEmpathyScriptsAgentsMovieMikeDualityCreepyRight PersonBooks And ReadingGood GirlWrong Person Author:Jennifer Aniston
“We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think 'I'm me, I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box, to accommodate their limited imaginations.” PeopleThinkingActorsImaginationUniqueBoxesBunchProducersAgentsAccommodate Author:Imelda Staunton
“I fired a bunch of people and kind of went back to my roots. I fired my agent - I had this big, fancy agent and a big fancy manager and a big fancy lawyer - and I went back to my first agent and said, "I want to go back to just being an actor."” PeopleWantFirstsKindSaidBigsActorsRootsLawyerBunchAgentsManagersFancyJust Being Author:Matthew Lillard
“When I was a Hollywood press agent, I learned how the Hollywood casting system worked. There was a roster of actors who were always perfect as doctors or lawyers or laborers, and the directors just picked the types they needed and stuffed them into film after film. I do the same [with my characters], book after book.” BookCharacterFilmActorsPerfectTypeNeededDirectorsDoctorsHollywoodPressesLawyerAgentsCastingLaborersRosters Author:Richard Condon
“When you're a young actor you ring your agent every evening. It's not like when you're in Hollywood where you do one picture a year. You just hope you get a day on television.” YearsYoungActorsTelevisionHollywoodRingsAgentsEveningYoung Actors Author:Michael Caine
“I think what makes so many other actors miserable is focusing completely on making other plans. They're obsessed with their haircut and their headshot and their agent, their IMDB profile or whatever.” ThinkingActorsPlansAgentsMiserableObsessedProfileHaircutsHeadshots Author:Nick Offerman
“My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors. I didn't have an agent at the time, and it kind of threw me into real acting.” FirstsKindRealJobsFilmActorsActingBritishStormAgentsDamage Author:Ashley Madekwe
“You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at the Starbucks and wait for your agent to call you, or you can go learn how to build a Shaker blanket chest with hand-cut dovetails.” KnowsEndsHandsActorsWaitingCuttingAgentsChestsSparesBlanketStarbucksSpare TimeShakers Author:Nick Offerman
“I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads against a wall trying to find their clients - but that's not me. I'm working hard every day. Enjoy your vacation.” TryingHardThreeActorsEnjoyWallMonthsGoes OnAgentsVacationClientsThree MonthsBangingBali Author:Erin Cummings
“Im an actor. The fact that Im involved in Jigsaw, I dont approach Jigsaw any differently than I approached The Nordic in The Firm or FBI Agent Stokes in Mississippi Burning. Its the same deal. Its just that the effect is sometimes different. So I say, people ask me, How does it feel to be a horror icon? Im thrilled. Its great.” PeopleFeelsDoeDifferentSometimesFactsActorsAsksDealsEffectsInvolvedHorrorApproachAgentsBurningAsk MeFirmIconsFbiMississippiJigsawNordicStokeFbi Agents Author:Tobin Bell