Agents are a contentious subject to any actor. I am lucky that I am in the minority. I genuinely like, trust and can get drunk with mine, and her assistant. As you can tell from my last post entitled 'Tumbleweed', there ain't a lot going on right now, and I'm either staring down the void, or staring into a computer screen. I wonder how much one can tap the 'refresh' button on any given day?
As such, a panicked email was sent to my agent. Not along the lines of 'what are you putting me up for?' 'Why am I not going to auditions?' I don't believe in this approach and I never have done, perhaps one of the reasons why I get on well with my agent.
Later, my cry for help was answered, but I missed the call, and a wonderful message was left for me. If you are not fortunate enough to have an agent as great as mine that calls you in the evening to reassure that you're ok, and to provide that beacon of light, even if a glimmer, in the darkness, then I wish to share with you her wise words here:
As such, a panicked email was sent to my agent. Not along the lines of 'what are you putting me up for?' 'Why am I not going to auditions?' I don't believe in this approach and I never have done, perhaps one of the reasons why I get on well with my agent.
Later, my cry for help was answered, but I missed the call, and a wonderful message was left for me. If you are not fortunate enough to have an agent as great as mine that calls you in the evening to reassure that you're ok, and to provide that beacon of light, even if a glimmer, in the darkness, then I wish to share with you her wise words here:
Please don’t be panicking, it is what it is right now. And no actor works all the time, no actor acts all the time, they just act when they’re acting. What’s happened to you, is that you have had the great privilege, like if you’re in the theatre for a hell of a long time, of acting every day, or thinking about it every day, which is great. It’s a bit like when you leave drama school and suddenly you’re out there in the big wide world.
Today, I was speaking to *****’s office about an American pilot, they were interested but they then think you’re too young. I was talking about you on Thursday regarding a role for *****, so things are being talked about and things are happening, but there are only a certain number of things you can be seen for right now [because of your level of profile]. I’m excited, I’m happy, I know it’s really hard being an actor, I was one myself, I really understand it and I get it, and that sort of losing your ‘mojo’ moment is difficult, but you know what, the rest of your life is going to be like that because that is what it’s like to be an actor. It doesn’t go away, you have to find a way around that and I’m more than happy to you about at any time.