Interview with a Vampire, I Mean Agent.
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...