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How Do Actors Find Agents?

If you're going to get an agent, you want to make sure the one you get is franchised by the actor's unions like the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

A complete list of SAG agents can be found at the local SAG branch or online at www.sag.org.

After choosing some agencies you might be interested in, you need to mail in your resume and headshots. Understand that most of these packages will be dumped in the office trash. Others will sit in a stack for months before being opened.

Timing is everything. Looking for a theatrical agent should be done during the summer months when TV casting is slow and shows are in reruns. The worst time for an actor to look for an agent is during pilot season in January and February.

When you submit your package, target your mailings to save time and postage, picking only the agencies you feel will look at you.

The most effective way to get an interview with an agent is to network. Get out there and meet people in the industry who have contacts high up in organizations. Go through your entire family and extended family and find anyone who might be related to someone that could help you out.

If you don't know the person that well, offer to take them out to lunch or something so they get something out of all of this. During this time, they can find out what you're looking to do and feel comfortable going to bat for you, getting you an interview or a phone call with their contact.

Once you start talking to agents, make a file on your computer of who you talked to, when you talked to them, and what you talked about. This way, when you talk to them again, you'll instantly be able to recall this information immediately.

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