“Acquiring an aggressive, honest, and communicative agent with actual relationships in real-live New York publishing houses is, in my opinion, the single most important move that a writer who aspires to be successful can make.” ImportantRealMovingHouseOpinionSuccessfulHonestNew YorkAgentsBeing SuccessfulAggressivePublishingAspirePublishing House Author:John Lescroart
“All field agents have some cowboy in them – even the ones from New York.” New YorkFieldsAgentsCowboy Author:Tom Clancy
“In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not flying to Chicago to see the show. People are booking jobs off the stages in L.A. who aren't more talented than the guys in Chicago. But the most guys book out of L.A., and the second is New York.” PeopleIfsBookShowsBigsJobsGuyStageNew YorkFlyingProducersAgentsManagersChicago Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I peeled off La Brea and went home and instantly made a reservation to come back to New York. Essentially, I fired everybody that was in my life, my agent, my lawyer, my manager, my girlfriend and came back to New York.” MadeHomeNew YorkLawyerAgentsManagersGirlfriendMy GirlfriendReservations Author:Steven Shainberg
“I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.” PeopleThinkingWantSaidPlayWantedGuyNew YorkGunYeahAgentsRetiringFrankFree Agents Author:Carmelo Anthony
“Right after the show tonight, I'm going to the New York City car show. You get to see the models that will be crashed next year by drunken Secret Service agents.” YearsShowsNextSecretCitiesCarNew YorkModelsAgentsTonightNew York CityNext YearSecret Service Author:David Letterman
“I pretty much got into theatre to do community theatre and things, but then I went to Williamstown and found an agent. I then went to New York and did a lot of theatre there, so I started doing only theatre.” FoundCommunityNew YorkTheatreAgentsCommunity Theatre Author:Jimmi Simpson
“My agent is based in New York. And due to a historic accident, my publishing track is primarily American - I'm sold into the UK almost as a foreign import! So I'm quite out of touch with what's going on in UK publishing.” New YorkTrackDuesAccidentsAgentsPublishingHistoricImports Author:Charles Stross
“When I was forty, I was getting divorced, living in a low-class, dirty hotel in New York. My mother was dying of cancer. I owed $20,000. That was about the lowest. I came back to show business, and I couldn't get a job. I was turned down by every small-time agent in New York.” ShowsJobsMotherClassDyingNew YorkLowsCancerAgentsDirtyHotelFortyLowestShow BusinessDivorcedTurned Down Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“Practicality continues to be a challenge for me - it's at odds with being an artist. I actually had a career on stage in New York - not a brilliant career or I'd still be doing it - but I got enough work to keep my agent and my union health insurance.” StillsEnoughArtistChallengesCareersStageNew YorkUnionsBrilliantAgentsOddsBeing An ArtistPracticality Author:Debra Dean
“So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and mark off the ones I've already met over the years. The few remaining I asked my agent and manager, "See if you can set up some meetings while I'm here."” IfsYearsMadeOpportunityNew YorkMetsDirectorsMarkMeetingsListsAgentsManagersCastingMissed OpportunityCasting Directors Author:William Mapother
“The first theatre I ever found was in the backyard of a new suburban community in the foothills of the Poconos. My dad was a young FBI agent at his first or second posting - we're all from New York. He was posted in Scranton, Pennsylvania and he put the family in a brand new red-brick apartment. It was in a C-shape and behind it was a small hill that led up to the woods. There was a white-washed brick wall that was a perfect theatre! There were windows and all the ladies behind the windows in their apartments. I would go out there after lunch every day and sing opera.” FirstsYoungFoundCommunityWhitePerfectBehindsNew YorkWallDadShapesRedWindowMy DadWoodsTheatreAgentsBrandsHillsLunchOperaApartmentBricksFbiBackyardsBrand NewPennsylvaniaBrick WallFbi Agents Author:Mercedes Ruehl