How would I go about getting a talent agent?

Posted on March 14th, 2010 by jane
  • Does anyone know what they look for? Do you need to have experience, or just a desire to perform? (I want to act or model). Are there any good ones in St. Louis, MO that you know of?


  • Read everything at
    http://www.agentassociation.com/

    also read
    http://www.sag.org/content/find-agent

    These should answer many of your questions.
    Desire is important, but you will need to get some experience.



  • Acting and modeling are two very different professions, despite those few famous people who manage to get starting in modeling and then move to acting. So at this point, PICK ONE and concentrate all your efforts there. Even at that, the odds are long unless you have incredible persistence and faith in yourself.

    First: watch out for scam artists. There are plenty of agencies in both acting and modeling that will offer to take you on if you pay them a big fee up front--or if you agree to take lessons from "their" academy or get a photo package from "their" photographer. Get away from those creeps if you encounter them. Legitimate agents might tell you that you need instruction or photos and offer you a list of photographers or schools, but they won't make you deal with any one of them. And legit agents ONLY make money as a small percentage (10-15) of what you earn from modeling or performing.

    Let's consider modeling. Are you at least 5' 11" and a size 2? If not, you will not become a top fashion model. Do you have outstandingly attractive hands, feet, teeth, or some other feature? Then you might become a speciality model--there are people who only do hand-shots (like ads for gloves or coffee).

    All modeling requires a ceaseless level of intense care for your physical appearance. If you're a fashion model, you will monitor your diet and spend hours daily exercising in exactly the right way. If you're a hand model, you will wear gloves whenever you do anything more strenuous than playing chess, and you will avoid caffeine (makes the hands temble, which wastes time on a shoot).

    If you want to become a model, find legitimate agencies in your town (maybe call photographers who do photo shoots for actors and models--they'll advertise in the yellow pages or find them via a web search--they know who the legit agents are, call and ask several). Contact those modeling agencies and ask if you can have an interview or attend an open audition.

    If you want acting, the road is longer but a little less brutal. At this point, your best shot would be to prepare yourself for a college program; you want a BFA (bachelor of fine arts) degree in theatre performance--do not settle for a BA (bachelor of arts) degree, that's academic whereas the BFA is professional training.

    To prepare yourself:
    --get into all the shows you can, acting or working backstage, in community, amateur, or college theatre productions.
    --get a complete college-prep curriculum in high school.
    --read lots of plays (esp. the classics) and read books about acting (Hagan, Lewis to start) and other aspects of show biz.
    --get instruction in acting, dance, voice, acrobatics, or other performance skills.

    The BFA program teaches you all about the business side of show biz (important!) as well as giving you a broad knowledge of production plus polishing your skills as an actor.

    Break a leg, kid.







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