Ok I am very into acting and singing. I want an agent but don't know where to find one. I really don't want to finish school before I start either. I'm 14. So does anybody know where I can find a good agent and how to tell my parents and convence them to let me do this?
2007-01-14 15:53:14 · 5 answers · asked by baby_kakes 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Do your researching online. Use Google -- it's the best tool you have. :]
Try finding websites that give you instructions about what to do. Or, you could search for the agents yourself.
It really depends on where you live. Try looking in the phone book.
Sometimes, in the last few pages of some teen magazines, there are advertisements for acting and singing schools that may have connections with agents.
At your school, try to join the drama club, take a drama class, try out forensics (speech & debate), join the choir, join the improv team, or participate in school plays and musicals. Those will give you a lot of exerience and skill.
Good luck :]
2007-01-14 16:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by moxie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES, stay in school!!! Dollars to do-nuts, many of the actors and actresses you see finished school and college. Depending where you live will determine the agent choices. Drama class / clubs are the first step. Local theater troops are also a good start.
Check the web for your state's Film Commission. This will list all projects taking place in your state and if the projects are hiring extras (some pay, some don't). Once you have some projects under your belt, you can create your 'portfolio' with head shots and resume. Get real feedback from you drama teacher or from any of the people you end up doing projects for. If you have it, they will let you know.
Most of Hollywood started out in commercials, local theater, as extras, or modeling for local hometown stores
Once you have this under your belt, and you want to take it to the next step, LA is the place to be (or NY). Even in LA, you would be in school and doing auditions on the side. Assuming your parents have been supporting you up to this point, convincing them to move to LA or NY (if you don't live there already) is huge, but again, if you got it . . . you got it, you just need to wait for that big break!
2007-01-15 02:26:43 · answer #2 · answered by bluefish787 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answers to this and all other questions you will that you will find you have as you go through the process of becoming an actor can be found in any of several books available at your local library.
The best place to get the kind of experience you will need to impress a potential agent, however, is in school. Directors of high school productions do not tell actors "you're too (young/skinny/fat/tall/short/ethnic or whatever) for the part" unless there is something specifically in the script that forces them to do so, such as a reference to a character being short for his age, or something similar. As a result, you're right for almost every part, and it gives you shows to list on your resume that you can't get anywhere else. No professional or community theatre is going to cast you as "grandma" at 14.
Stay in school, if for no other reason than it is an excellent means to your end: becoming a professional actor that people will take seriously. Also, some of the best acting instruction you will ever find is only available in college. And you know how to get into college, right?
2007-01-18 13:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by actor22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are a minor and cannot get an agent unless your parents agree to sign the contract. Unless you are in New York City, the ONLY agents you will find are SCAMS! Why do you need an agent? Are you overwhelmed with auditions, commercials, voiceovers? If you are NOT you don't need an agent.
Agents are for actors that have a lot of work and need an agent to help them sort out auditions, which jobs they should accept and if they should stay in New York or move to Los Angeles.
I don't think you are in that category.
Talent Agents work on COMMISSION only. They NEVER charge a fee to the actor.
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER! Look for a Talent Agent online.
Legitimate talent agents DO NOT advertise online or anywhere! If they advertise, they will lose their Talent Agency license. The procedure to get an talent agent interested in you as a client, is to perform in as many plays as you can. Each time you are in a play, mail a post-card to the Agent informing him or her that you are in a play and you would like him or her to attend your performance.
If the agent likes your performance in the play he may call you for an appointment.
2007-01-15 04:31:23 · answer #4 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't quit school you always need a back up plan. You can do it go to school and strive to become an actress at the same time.
2007-01-15 00:57:17 · answer #5 · answered by shyboo91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋