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Interview with a Vampire, I Mean Agent.

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Simple statement.  We want you to be good.  Know that going in.  Every agent, casting director, producer, director want you to be the answer.  It may not seem that way, but when we walk out into the waiting room we are on your side.  Now, the truth is that much of the time you lose us and you lose us very quickly.  Why?  Good question.  For me it is mainly because you have failed to be yourself.  You are either trying to be "what I am looking for" or you have been told this is a business and this is an interview and so, like a first date, you aren't being real.  I have had actors come into my office in a suit or shirt and tie.  If you don't wear a shirt and tie everyday then don't wear it to my office.  I get up in the morning and put on a suit.  Five days a week.  51 weeks a year.  I am completely comfortable in a suit.  You probably aren't and so you sit in your meeting with me and I don't get the real you...

Inside the Mind

So the real question is WHY?  Why have you chosen this crazy profession?  Why couldn't you find a different passion?  Why wasn't the idea of retail shoes inspiring? After you answer those questions there is a whole nuther set of whys.  Why can't I find an agent?  Why did that actor get the role and I didn't?  Why does the number of people who follow me on Instagram have any relation to my getting booked?  This blog will endeavor to answer some of these questions.  If you have been following me at all on social media you will know that I am guy who will give you the honest truth and tr to tell you what is really going on inside the minds of the people in this industry.  I will try to enlighten you on processes and procedures and give you a lot of hard numbers as to the WHYs.  I have been in the entertainment industry for 35 years and a talent agent for the last 29.  I have represented some of the biggest names in the business and mad...