Are these degrees that I have enough for a talent agent to become my agent and help me to become an actor?

Question

I've been taking acting lessons for three years and I was also member of my school's drama club where we had meeting every week and did, among with shows, exercises for acting tools such as holding your breath while talking for a long time etc... Also, I've been involved a lot in music: i took piano lessons for 6 years, guitar/electric guitar lessons for three years and theory of music for about two years. Finally, I took for two years voice lessons where I practiced my voice's tune and did exercises on how to keep a correct voice tune for different kind of scenes. For example, if it was a drama scene, I've exercised on how to get the right voice for the scene.

I've just turned 16. Are those enough? Any tips? Thanks!

Answer 1

Read the book How to get an Agent.

ACADEMIC WORK DOES MATTER. There's too many people in New York and Los Angeles with talent and an extensive resume. Academic work done well shows discipline and intelllect.

Answer 2

A talent agent doesn't need you to have any degrees - although we appreciate it!

What you have to have is drive, ambition, talent, and parental support.

There are some expenses - you have to buy your own headshots, tho SOME agencies take that out of your first check, and you have to cover travel to your auditions. You should NEVER pay to sign with an agency. If they try to charge you money, run screaming. In TExas, Cal, NY, FL, and a lot of other states, they have to be licensed. Just google your state name and "talent agency law" and it will tell you.

Just send out your headshots to every agency you can, with a resume and a cover letter, go to every open call you can possibly find, and audition audition audition while you're looking.

Basically, an agency is like an actor's secretary. We can't get jobs for you, and we can't promised jobs. We can only try to get you auditions, and if you're resume is bad or you don't have good headshots, we won't even bother signing you. But you can do the same stuff we do for yourself - it's just that by letting an agency do it, we free up your time and make it our full time job, so you don't have to sit at your desk all day submitting for auditions. And, agency representation makes you seem more professional.

Answer 3

Probably not, you call them degrees and they are not, but no matter, academic work means nothing to agents.

You need just 4 things to get an agent.
1. your parent to write your cover letter.
2. a resume
3. a head shot
4 know-how regarding auditions and interviews.

You can find an example of 2 and 3 at theactorsmarket.com and you can learn what 1 and 4 are all about by clicking on my name, reading my profile and writing me at my aol address.