“I'm not a theater rat, so I never got a theatrical agent and did a play. I came really close though.” PlayTheaterAgentsRatsTheatrical Author:Courtney Love
“on Broadway money rules. Like a host of vultures, the ticket brokers, the speculators, the craft unions, the agents, the backers, the real estate owners move in on the creative body and take their bite. The world of dreams breathes in an iron lung; and without this mechanical pumping it dies.” WorldRealDreamBodyMovingDiesCreativeTheaterUnionsBreatheCraftsAgentsOwnersIronBitesHostTicketsEstatesBroadwayLungsVultureBrokersSpeculators Book:The New York I Know Source: The New York I Know
“In the stand-up comedy top, there's room for everyone - if you're good, there's room for everyone. You'll put on your own show - no one casts you. You cast your own show as a stand-up comedian. When you get good at stand-up comedy you book a theater and if people show up, people show up. If people don't show up, people don't show up. You don't have a director or a casting agent or anybody saying if you're good enough - the audience will decide.” PeopleIfsBookEnoughShowsRoomsAudienceComedyDirectorsTheaterCastsAgentsComedianGood EnoughCastingStand Up ComedyStand Up Comedian Author:Jim Jefferies
“When I came back from filming 'Abduction', I told my agent: I'm staying in London now. If it takes doing children's theater from the back of a van in Kilburn, that's OK. I need to be with my family. My job is to keep the family together and provide for them.” IfsNeedsChildrenTogetherJobsMy FamilyTheaterLondonAgentsStayingVansAbductionFamily Together Author:Jason Isaacs
“My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.” GivingWantedSchoolJobsYoungActorsFoundFatherWeekMonthsSixHigh SchoolShotsTheaterAgentsAgencyLos AngelesSix Months Author:Jensen Ackles
“I had done lots of theater and I really wanted to do screen work. I said to my agent, "Look, I really want to do screen work and I want to concentrate on that now" and he said, "Well, it's going to be tough for you."” WantWellsLooksSaidDoneWantedToughTheaterScreensAgents Author:Gwendoline Christie
“I just figured, "If I can do theater, agents will find their way."” IfsWayI CanCan DoTheaterAgents Author:David Morse
“Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.” WorldBookFilmActorsDifferencesPiecesTheaterAgentsChanging The WorldMaking A DifferenceSnapeStage Actors Author:Alan Rickman
“I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that” MenPlayTogetherThreeTalentNew YorkTheaterCompetitionDinnerGoldenAgentsRoutinePondsOne LinerMaineJuggling Author:Patrick Dempsey
“Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year'.” IfsYearsWellsPlayShowsWantedSchoolMotherCoursesCan DoCommunityNormalTheaterAgentsSoccerGradesGood Grades Author:Laura Benanti