Talent Agency
The number one thing you should expect from a talent agency is that
they represent you honestly, and diligently. Or is that two things?
A powerful talent agency behind you, seeking out great roles and
doggedly getting your name out there is indeed one in a million. It
is very difficult to get signed to one that will do all this for you
and have the track record, reputation, and contacts to make it truly
mean something.
It is the opinion of some that it is actually the talent agency, and
not the studio, that pulls the puppet strings in Hollywood. A
prominent talent agency with an A-list roster can literally be the
catalyst responsible for bringing about the production of a film.
One lunch with a couple of executives, a pitch is made which includes
the combined box office draw of Angelina Jolie and
Kevin Costner (an unlikely scenario to be sure), and a year later they
release a new hit movie.
The talent agency has power because the studios want they people that
they represent. Actors who want to make a living acting dream of
being represented by a talent agency like this because they know that
even though the quality of the projects is not always what might be
expected from independent productions who search for and use their
own pools of talent, the attraction of earning five and six figures
for a film role is impossible to resist.
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