Agent

For the past couple of years I've been teeter tottering on whether to get an agent or not. I did attempt to connect with Jeffery when he was at Ryan Artists, but after several emails he suddenly told me that he had too many clients for the summer and would call me when things calmed down. Of course, by that time, he was gone. I tried not to take it personal at the time. You know, make some story up that he didn't sign me because I wasn't good enough. He'd never seen me work, how would he know? That frustrated me, too, though. He didn't know and he didn't try to know.

Then, in talking with Neal, my acting coach, more recently, I determined that commercial work was not my acting goal and decided to forgo an agent. Yet, there's still that part of me that feels that I'll be considered a "serious" actor if I have an agent. And then there's that part of me that says, fuck getting an agent...you don't need an agent to be a "serious" actor (whatever serious means in this case). But the real fact of the matter is I just want to know what's going on.

One of the actors in Wit is represented by Damon at Actors in Action and he really recommends him. Says that he informs him when anything comes up: film, television, commercials, even theater. So, now I'm shifting my thoughts towards getting an agent again. I haven't always heard great things about Damon, though. Particularly, that he signed anyone and everyone and it was felt that not enough attention was paid to individuals and finding roles that the actor was an actual fit for. To each their own. My take on it, now, is that I just want to be informed when auditions are occurring and for what, because I don't feel like I have a good source for that right now.

It's stewing. Lately I've had to let things stew for a little while before the answer emerges. We shall see...

Love,
Aislinn